NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1188

HOUSE BILL 1261

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 18-75 RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF AN APPLICANT FOR A LICENSE TO SELL THE BEVERAGES ENUMERATED IN G.S. 18-64.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (5) of G.S. 18-75 is amended by rewriting the last paragraph thereof to read as follows:

"Neither the State nor any city or county shall issue a license under this Article to any person, firm, or corporation who is not a citizen of the United States and who has not been a bona fide resident of the State of North Carolina for one (1) year. Provided, that if the applicant is a corporation, the requirement as to residence shall not apply to the officers, directors, or stockholders of the corporation; however, such residence requirement shall apply to any such officer, director or stockholder, agent or employee who is also the manager and in charge of the premises for which the permit is applied for, but the governing body of the county or municipality may, in its discretion, waive such requirement. No resident of the State shall obtain a license under this Article and employ or receive aid from a non-resident for the purpose of defeating this requirement. No license shall be issued to a poolroom or billiard parlor or any person, firm or corporation operating same for the sale of wine as defined in G.S. § 18-64, subsection (b). Any person violating this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days or fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00)."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1963.