AN ACT TO make the law governing the commercial transportation of alcoholic beverages consistent with the law governing the amounts of alcoholic beverages that may be purchased without a permit.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B‑1115(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Permit Required. – Unless a person holds a permit which otherwise allows him to transport more than 80 liters of malt beverages other than draft malt beverages in kegs, 50 liters of unfortified wine, or eight liters of fortified wine or spirituous liquor, or is a retailer authorized to transport alcoholic beverages under G.S. 18B‑405, each person transporting alcoholic beverages in excess of those quantities shall have the permit described in this section."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of August, 2005.

	s/	 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 12:05 p.m. this 26th day of August, 2005