NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 934

HOUSE BILL 1622

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 653, SESSION LAWS OF 1965, TO ENLARGE THE JURISDICTION OF ABC OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE LEXINGTON ABC BOARD.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Section 5 of Chapter 653, Session Laws of 1965, is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read:

"The Lexington Board of Alcoholic Control shall have the authority to employ one or more ABC law enforcement officers to be appointed by and directly responsible to the Board. The officers so appointed shall have the same powers, authority and jurisdiction throughout the County of Davidson, and the municipalities therein, as other peace officers of the County and its municipalities, including the powers conferred upon local ABC officers in G.S. 18A-20. The Board shall expend for law enforcement not less than five percent (5%) nor more than fifteen percent (15%) of the gross profits derived from operation of liquor control stores to be determined by quarterly audits."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of March, 1974.