NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 609
HOUSE BILL 1298

AN ACT TO PERMIT ANY TOWNSHIP WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED ABC STORES TO HOLD AN ELECTION FOR THE SALE OF MIXED BEVERAGES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18A-51 is amended by adding a new subsection (c) thereto to read as follows:
"(c)	In any township where ABC stores have heretofore been established by petition pursuant to law, an election may be called on the question of whether the on-premises sale of mixed beverages should be allowed in social establishments and restaurants. The election shall be held by the county board of elections upon request of the county board of commissioners or upon petition of twenty percent (20%) of the registered voters of the township. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this section with regard to ABC store elections shall apply to the mixed beverage election, and the question shall be as provided in subsection (b).
If the sale of mixed beverages is authorized in a township, the State Board of Alcoholic Control may issue the appropriate permits to qualified social establishments and restaurants located within the township. For purposes of this subsection, 'township' includes any municipality in its entirety whose boundaries are totally or partially within the boundaries of the township."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 18A-30(7) is amended by deleting from the first sentence the phrase "city or county" and substituting in lieu thereof "city, county, or township as that term is defined in G.S. 18A-51(c)."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1979.