GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 701

HOUSE BILL 1004

 

AN ACT TO REGULATE BEACH BINGO.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-309.14 reads as rewritten:

"§ 14-309.14.  Beach bingo. - Nothing in this Article shall apply to 'beach bingo' games. except for the following subsections:

(a)       No beach bingo game may be held in conjunction with any other lawful bingo game, with any 'promotional bingo game', or with any offering of an opportunity to obtain anything of value by chance, whether for valuable consideration or not.  Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a Class H felony.

(b)       G.S. 18B-308 shall apply to such beach bingo games."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1988.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of July, 1987.