NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 399

HOUSE BILL 589

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE TOWNS IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY HAVING LESS THAN 500 POPULATION TO HOLD MALT BEVERAGES AND UNFORTIFIED WINE ELECTIONS AS AUTHORIZED IN CHAPTER 18A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Nothwithstanding the population limitation in G.S. 18A-52, any municipality in Brunswick County having a population of less than 500 is authorized to hold malt beverage and unfortified wine elections as provided in G.S. 18A-52 and G.S. 18A-53.  Provided, however, that in the Town of Ocean Isle only those issues relating to the "off-premises" sale of malt beverages and unfortified wine may be submitted in any such election and only the "off-premises" sales of these beverages are authorized.

Sec. 2. The Town of Long Beach is hereby authorized to hold, in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 18A-52 and G.S. 18A-53, an election on the issue of whether malt beverages or unfortified wine, or both, may be sold "on-premises". Provided, however, that any election held pursuant to this act on the issue of "on-premises" sales of malt beverages or wine, or both, shall in no way affect the results of any past referendum approving the "off-premises" sale of malt beverages and wine.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of May, 1977.