GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 434
AN ACT TO PERMIT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS TO OBTAIN PERMITS FOR THE SALE OF MIXED BEVERAGES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 18B-1001(10) is amended by changing the final period to a semicolon and adding:
"f. Nonprofit and political organizations."
Sec. 2. G.S. 18B-1002(a) is amended by adding:
"(5) A permit may be issued to a nonprofit organization or a political organization to serve wine, malt beverages, and spirituous liquor at a ticketed event held to allow the organization to raise funds. For purposes of this subdivision 'nonprofit organization' means an organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), 501(c)(19), or 501(d) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt under similar provisions of the General Statutes as a bona fide nonprofit charitable, civic, religious, fraternal, patriotic, or veterans' organization or as a nonprofit volunteer fire department, or as a nonprofit volunteer rescue squad or a bona fide homeowners' or property owners' association. For purposes of this subdivision 'political organization' means an organization covered by the provisions of G.S. 163-96(a)(1) or (2) or a campaign organization established by or for a person who is a candidate who has filed a notice of candidacy, paid the filing fees or filed the required petition, and been certified as a candidate for one of the offices listed in G.S. 163-1. The issuance of this permit will also allow the issuance of a purchase-transportation permit under G.S. 18B-403 and 18B-404 and the use for culinary purposes of spirituous liquor lawfully purchased for use in mixed beverages."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of June, 1987.