GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 372
HOUSE BILL 585

AN ACT TO LIMIT THE LOCATION OF NEW ABC STORES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY TO NO CLOSER THAN SEVEN MILES TO MUNICIPALITIES WITH EXISTING ABC STORES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18B-801(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Location of Stores. – A local board may choose the location of the ABC stores within its jurisdiction, subject to the approval of the Commission.  No new ABC store shall be approved that is less than seven miles from the corporate limits of a municipality in which there is an existing ABC store.  In making its decision on a location, the Commission may consider:
(1)	Whether the health, safety, or general welfare of the community will be adversely affected; and
(2)	Whether the citizens of the community or city in which the proposed store is to be located voted for or against ABC stores in the last election on the question."
Sec. 2.  This act applies to Brunswick County only.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification and expires on July 1, 1992.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives