GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-130
AN ACT to amend the law regarding the issuance of abc permits to residential private clubs and sports clubs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 18B-1006(k) reads as rewritten:
"(k) Residential Private
Club and Sports Club Permits. - The Commission may issue the permits listed in
G.S. 18B-1001, without approval at an election, to a residential private club
or a sports club. No permit may be issued to any residential private club or
sports club that practices discrimination on the basis of race, gender or
ethnicity. club that is located in a county that meets the requirements
set in any of the following subdivisions:
(1) Has a
population of less than 45,000 by the last federal census, has at least three
but not more than four cities that have approved the sale of malt beverages or
unfortified wine, has only one city that has approved the on-premises sale of
malt beverages, and has at least two cities that approved the operation of ABC
stores before July 10, 1992.
(2) Borders a
county that has called elections pursuant to G.S. 18B-600(f), and:
a. Has
not approved the issuance of permits, other than malt beverage permits, in
unincorporated areas of the county, and has no more than three cities that
approved the operation of ABC stores before July 10, 1992; or
b. Both
the county and the two cities within the county have approved the operation of
ABC stores.
(3) Is bordered
by four counties that have not approved the issuance of permits and have at
least one city that has approved the operation of an ABC store.
(4) Has not
approved the issuance of permits, has at least three cities that have approved
the issuance of only either off-premises malt beverage or both off-premises
malt beverage and off-premises unfortified wine permits, and has only one city
that, as of July 1, 1993, had approved the operation of an ABC store.
(5) Has not
approved the issuance of any permits, borders one of the two largest counties
in the State with more than 940 square miles, has an interstate highway running
through it, and has at least six cities that have approved the sale of some
malt beverages and unfortified wine and four of which have approved ABC
systems.
(6) Borders a
county that has approved the issuance of all permits and the operation of an
ABC store, meets the county description of a special ABC area in G.S.
18B-101(13a)b., and, as of July 1, 1995, had at least five cities that had
authorized the issuance of permits.
(7) Borders two
states and, as of July 1, 1995, had only one city that had approved the
issuance of permits.
(8) Has an
18-hole golf course; is in the coastal area as defined in G.S. 113A-103, but
only because it is adjacent to, adjoining, intersected by, or bounded by a
coastal sound; which does not allow countywide sales of mixed beverages; which
does not border another state; with a population of less than 15,000 according
to the most recent decennial federal census; which does not have a city which
has authorized the sale of mixed beverages; and which has least two cities with
ABC systems.
The mixed beverages purchase-transportation permit authorized by G.S. 18B-404(b) shall be issued by a local board operating a store located in the county."
SECTION 1.1. This act does not apply in Lincoln, Harnett, Davie, Graham, Swain, Yancey, and McDowell Counties.
SECTION 1.2. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction holds that Section 1.1 of this act is unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of Section 1.1 of this act are severable from the remainder of this act.
SECTION 1.3. Section 1.1 of this act becomes effective 90 days after this act becomes law, and does not affect the validity of any permit applied for before that date.
SECTION 1.4. G.S. 18B-1006(k), as rewritten by Section 1 of this act, reads as rewritten:
"(k) Residential Private
Club and Sports Club Permits. -The Commission may issue the permits listed in
G.S. 18B-1001, without approval at an election, to a residential private club
or a sports club. club, except if the sale of mixed beverages is not
lawful within a jurisdiction and that locality has voted against the sale of
mixed beverages in a referendum conducted on or after September 1, 2001. If the
issuance of permits is prohibited by the exception in the previous sentence,
the Commission may renew existing permits and may continue to issue permits for
a business location that had previously held permits under this subsection.
The mixed beverages purchase-transportation permit authorized by G.S. 18B-404(b) shall be issued by a local board operating a store located in the county."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of May, 2001.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 7:08 p.m. this 25th day of May, 2001