Title: S.L. 1983-583
Category: Session Law

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 583 
HOUSE BILL 1089 

AN ACT TO ALLOW COMMUNITY THEATRES TO QUALIFY FOR CERTAIN ABC PERMITS. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18B-1000 is amended by: 
(A)	adding a new subdivision (1) to read: 
"(1)	Community theatre. An establishment owned and operated by a bona fide nonprofit organization that is engaged solely in the business of sponsoring or presenting an amateur or professional theatrical events to the public. A permit issued for a community theatre is valid only during regularly scheduled theatrical events sponsored by such nonprofit organization."; and 
(B)	renumbering the succeeding subdivisions accordingly. 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 18B-1001(1) is amended by changing the period after the words "Convention centers" to a semicolon and adding a new sub-subdivision to read:  "h.  Community theatres." 
Sec. 3.  G.S. 18B-1001(3) is amended by changing the period after the words "Cooking schools" to a semicolon and adding a new sub-subdivision to read:  "g.  Community theatres." 
Sec. 4.  G.S. 18B-1001(5) is amended by changing the period after the words "Private clubs" to a semicolon and adding a new sub-subdivision to read:  "d.  Community theatres." 
Sec. 5.  G.S. 18B-1001(10) is amended by changing the period after the words "Convention centers" to a semicolon and adding a new sub-subdivision to read:  "e.  Community theatres." 
Sec. 6.  G.S. 18B-602(h) is amended by inserting between the phrase "private clubs," and the word "and" the phrase "community theatres,". 
Sec. 7.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1983.

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