GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 667

Short Title:        Winery Sales Changes.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Goodwin, Gibson (Primary Sponsors);  Earle, Harrison, and McCormick.
Referred to:	Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Finance.

March 19, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to allow wineries to sell wine, for consumption on or off premises, in localities where no abc election has authorized the sale of wine.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B-1101(6) reads as rewritten:

"(6)      SellRegardless of the results of any local wine election, sell the wine manufactured by the winery or produced under the winery's label under subdivision (2a) of this section for on- or off-premise consumption at no more than three other locations in the State, upon obtaining the appropriate permit under G.S. 18B-1001;".

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