Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

H.B. 779
                          GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                                                                               Apr 18, 2023
                                      SESSION 2023                                       HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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                                    HOUSE BILL DRH30286-ML-113
     Short Title:   ABC/Revise Malt Beverage & Wine Elections.                                    (Public)
     Sponsors:      Representative Greene.
     Referred to:
 1                                       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 2   AN ACT TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE MET BEFORE A CITY
 3       MAY HOLD A MALT BEVERAGE OR UNFORTIFIED WINE ELECTION.
 4   The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
 5              SECTION 1. G.S. 18B-600 reads as rewritten:
 6   "§ 18B-600. Places eligible to hold alcoholic beverage elections.
 7       …
 8       (c)    City Malt Beverage and Unfortified Wine Elections. – A city may hold a malt
 9   beverage or unfortified wine election only if the county in which the city is located has already
10   held such an election, election and the vote in the last county election was against the sale of that
11   kind of alcoholic beverage, and one or more of the following apply:
12              (1)     The city has a population of 500 or more according to the most recent federal
13                      decennial census.
14              (2)     The city operates an ABC store.
15              (3)     The city has a population of 400 or more but less than 500 according to the
16                      most recent federal decennial census and had a population of 500 or more
17                      according to the prior federal decennial census.beverage.
18       (c1) Certain City Malt Beverage and Unfortified Wine Elections. – A city may hold a malt
19   beverage or unfortified wine election only if all of the following criteria are met:
20              (1)     The county in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the area of the primary
21                      corporate limits of the city is located has already held such an election, and
22                      the vote in the last county election was against the sale of that kind of alcoholic
23                      beverage.
24              (2)     The city has a population of 200 or more.
25              (3)     The county in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the area of the primary
26                      corporate limits of the city is located also contains three or more other cities
27                      that have previously voted to allow malt beverage or unfortified wine sales.
28       …."
29              SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
                                   *DRH30286-ML-113*
Statutes affected: 
Filed: 18B-600
Edition 1: 18B-600