NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 610

HOUSE BILL 665

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF ROBBINS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL STORES MAY BE OPERATED IN SAID TOWN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The governing body of the Town of Robbins shall upon a petition to the governing body signed by at least fifteen per cent (15%) of the number of registered and qualified voters that voted in the election for the governing body in the Town of Robbins in the last election, or upon its own motion, order an election to be held on the question of whether or not the Moore County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall operate an Alcoholic Beverage Control Store in said Town. The governing body may call a special election on said question, the same to be held on such date as the governing body may determine. Said election may be called and held on a date to be fixed by the governing body as herein prescribed notwithstanding the nearness of date within which any other type of election may be held, and may be held on the same date as the regular biennial election of said Town for the election of its officers. The costs of said election shall be paid from the general fund of said Town.

Sec. 2. In calling for such special election, the said governing body shall give at least 20 days' public notice of the same prior to the opening of the registration books, and said registration books shall remain open for eight days before such special election. A new registration of voters for such special election shall not be necessary and all qualified electors who are properly registered prior to registration for the special election, shall be entitled to vote in said election. In said election a ballot shall be used upon which shall be printed on separate lines for each proposition, "For Town Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores", "Against Town Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores". Those favoring setting up and operating Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores in the Town of Robbins shall mark in the voting square to the left of the words, "For Town Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores", printed on the ballot, and those opposed to Town Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores shall mark in the square to the left of the words "Against Town Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores". Except as otherwise herein provided, the special election authorized shall be conducted under the same statutes, rules and regulations applicable to municipal elections in the Town of Robbins.

Sec. 3. If the operation of Town Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores is authorized under the provisions of this Act, the Moore County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall open and operate an Alcoholic Beverage Control Store, or stores, in the Town of Robbins, as provided for in Chapter 18 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of May, 1967.