GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 301

HOUSE BILL 752

 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING TOUR BOATS TO HOLD ABC PERMITS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 18B-1006 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(h)      Tour Boats. The Commission may issue permits to boats that conduct regularly scheduled tours upon the rivers or waterways of this State under the following conditions:

(1)       A boat shall serve meals on each tour and shall have a dining area with seating for at least 36 people;

(2)       A boat's gross receipts from food and non-alcoholic beverages shall be greater than its gross receipts from alcoholic beverages;

(3)       A boat may hold the permits listed in G.S. 18B- 1001(1), (3), (5), and (10), but no off-premises sales may be made pursuant to those permits;

(4)       A boat shall dock in an area where issuance of the permits listed in subdivision (3) is legal, and all passengers shall enter and leave the boat there. While tour passengers are on board, the boat may not dock at any other place except for an emergency. The boat's permits are valid during these tours, regardless of whether the boat crosses into an area where sales are not legal; and

(5)       A boat may not serve or sell any alcoholic beverages except during tours."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of May, 1985.