NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 227

HOUSE BILL 653

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF MORGANTON TO HOLD A MALT BEVERAGE AND UNFORTIFIED WINE ELECTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 4 of Chapter 413, Session Laws of 1963, is hereby amended by deleting in lines 7-10 the words and punctuation, "Provided, however, in no event shall a license be issued to any person, firm or corporation to sell beer and/or wine for 'on premise' consumption anywhere in the Town of Morganton".

Sec. 2. The City of Morganton is hereby authorized to hold, in accordance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statutes 18A-52 and North Carolina General Statutes 18A-53, an election on the issue of whether malt beverages and unfortified wine, or both, may be sold "on premises".

Sec. 3. Said election may be called for by the City Council of the City of Morganton and held on a date specified notwithstanding the nearness or coincidence of said date with any other election.

Sec. 4. The election provided for herein shall not affect "off premises" sale of malt beverages or unfortified wine, or both.

Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of March, 1979.