NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1174

SENATE BILL 943

AN ACT TO ALLOW MIXED BEVERAGE ELECTIONS IN CITIES ONLY WHEN CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18A-51(b) is amended by adding the following new language at the end of that subsection:

"A city which has no ABC system may hold a separate city election on mixed beverages as provided in this section if each of the following conditions is met:

(1)        the county has voted against the sale of mixed beverages in the most recent referendum on the question;

(2)        at least one ABC store is located in the city or within a one mile radius of the city boundary;

(3)        in the most recent county referendum on mixed beverages, in two or more cities within the county a majority of the persons voting voted in favor of mixed beverages; and

(4)        the election has been requested in writing by the city governing body or by petition of twenty percent (20%) of the registered voters of the city."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1980.