NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 384

HOUSE BILL 895

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF MIXED BEVERAGE PERMITS TO QUALIFIED ESTABLISHMENTS AT AIRPORTS OPERATED BY CITIES VOTING FOR MIXED BEVERAGES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18A-15(3)c3 is amended by adding the following to the end of that subdivision:

"When the spirituous liquor is purchased at a city ABC store by a mixed beverage permit holder for premises located at an airport outside the city, the ABC board share of the ten dollar ($10.00) addition shall be divided equally among the ABC boards of all the cities in that county that have authorized the sale of mixed beverages."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 18A-29.1 is amended by rewriting subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b)      The mixed beverages purchase-transportation permit may be issued only by the chairman, a member, or the general manager or supervisor of the local alcoholic beverage control board for the county or city within which the premises holding the mixed beverages permit is located. However, if the authorization for mixed beverage sales has been by a city election, and the permit holder's premises is located at an airport outside the city, the purchase-transportation permit may be issued by the chairman, a member, or the general manager or supervisor of the city ABC board for any city which is in the same county as the airport and which has authorized the sale of mixed beverages. The local ABC board may designate a special store within the system to sell alcoholic beverages to be used in mixed beverages."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 18A-30 is amended in subsection (7) by adding the following after the first sentence of that subsection:

"When the sale of mixed beverages has been authorized in a city, permits may also be issued to qualified establishments that are outside the city but are within the same county and are on the property of an airport operated by the city or by an airport authority in which the city participates, provided the airport enplanes at least 150,000 passengers annually."

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of April, 1979.