GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 888

HOUSE BILL 2204

 

AN ACT TO ADD TWO MEMBERS TO THE MARTIN COUNTY AND THE BERTIE COUNTY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARDS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 18B-700(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)      Membership. - A local ABC board shall consist of three five members appointed for three-year terms, unless a different membership or term is provided by a local act enacted before the effective date of this Chapter, or unless the board is a board for a merged ABC system under G.S. 18B-703 and a different size membership has been provided for as part of the negotiated merger. One member of the initial board of a newly created ABC system shall be appointed for a three-year term, one member for a two-year term, and one member for a one-year term. As the terms of initial board members expire, their successors shall each be appointed for three-year terms. The appointing authority shall designate one member of the local board as chairman."

Sec. 2.  This act applies to Martin County and to Bertie County only.

Sec. 3.  Chapter 417 of the 1977 Session Laws is repealed. 

Sec. 4.  This act is not intended to affect the terms of office of any current members of the Martin County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or of the Bertie County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.  One of the additional members of the Martin County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and of the Bertie County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board provided for by Section 1 of this act shall be appointed for a term of three years and one of the additional members of the Martin County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and of the Bertie County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board provided for by Section 1 of this act shall be appointed for a term of two years.

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of June, 1988.