GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

SESSION LAW 2018-28

HOUSE BILL 779

AN ACT to authorize certain small municipalities with decreasing populations to attract business through a malt beverage and unfortified wine election, at the discretion of the municipal governing board.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B‑600(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c)      City Malt Beverage and Unfortified Wine Elections. – A city may hold a malt beverage or unfortified wine election only if the county in which the city is located has already held such an election, the vote in the last county election was against the sale of that kind of alcoholic beverage, and:and one or more of the following apply:

(1)        The city has a population of 500 or more; ormore according to the most recent federal decennial census.

(2)        The city operates an ABC store.

(3) The city has a population of 400 or more but less than 500 according to the most recent federal decennial census and had a population of 500 or more according to the prior federal decennial census."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14^th day of June, 2018.

                                                                    s/  Philip E. Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Roy Cooper

                                                                         Governor

Approved 9:14 a.m. this 22^nd day of June, 2018