GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 740 
HOUSE BILL 315 

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN LAWS REGULATING SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18B-302(d) is rewritten to read: 
"(d)	Defense. It shall be a defense to a violation of subsection (a) of this section if the seller: 
(1)	Shows that the purchaser produced a driver's license, a special identification card issued under G.S. 20-37.7, a military identification card, or a passport, showing his age to be at least the required age for purchase and bearing a physical description of the person named on the card reasonably describing the purchaser; or 
(2)	produces evidence of other facts that reasonably indicated at the time of sale that the purchaser was at least the required age." 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 18B-302 is amended in the catchline by substituting the words "underage persons" for the word "minors". 
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of July, 1983.