NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 224
HOUSE BILL 546

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF OFF-PREMISES WINE PERMITS TO COMMERCIAL WINERIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18A-36.1 is amended by adding the following new subsection (g) to the end of that section:
"(g)	Notwithstanding G.S. 18A-52, G.S. 18A-57, or any other provision of this Chapter, a commercial winery with a valid unfortified winery or fortified winery permit under G.S. 18A‑38(a)(1) is eligible to receive a permit under G.S. 18A-38(e)(2) for the off-premises sale at the winery of wine lawfully manufactured there. A winery receiving a permit for off-premises sale shall be subject to the same provisions as applied by this Chapter to all other retail off‑premises wine permit holders and shall obtain the same licenses required for such permit holders by Chapter 105 of the General Statutes."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of March, 1979.