NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 607

HOUSE BILL 1284

 

 

AN ACT REGARDING THE PENALTY FOR TRANSPORTATION OF UNSEALED LIQUOR.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 18A-26(a) is amended by adding a new sentence at the end of the first paragraph thereof to read:

"Transportation in the passenger area of such a container or containers whose cap or seal has been opened or broken, so long as the quantity of alcoholic beverages does not exceed four liters, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1979, and shall apply to all cases tried on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1979.