GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

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HOUSE BILL 392

Short Title:     Amend Definition of Malt Beverage in ABC Law.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives LaRoque, Earle, Holliman, Daughtridge (Primary Sponsors);  L. Allen, Carney, Fisher, Glazier, Harrison, Johnson, Luebke, Owens, and Ross.
Referred to:	Alcoholic Beverage Control.

February 28, 2005

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO amend the definition of a malt beverage under the Alcoholic Beverage control laws.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B-101(9) reads as rewritten:

"(9)      'Malt beverage' means beer, lager, malt liquor, ale, porter, and any other brewed or fermented beverage containing at least one‑half of one percent (0.5%), and not more than six percent (6%), one-half of one percent (0.5%) alcohol by volume."

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