GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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HOUSE BILL 610
Short Title: Modify Requirements for In-Stand Beer Sales. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Hardister, Samuelson, L. Hall, and Moffitt (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Alcoholic Beverage Control. |
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April 9, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reduce the seating capacity requirement and eliminate the population requirement for in-stand sales of malt beverages.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 18B-1009 reads as rewritten:
"§ 18B-1009. In-stand sales.
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit a retail
permittee from selling for consumption, malt beverages in the seating areas of
stadiums, ballparks, and other similar public places with a seating capacity of
60,0003,000 or more during professional sporting events, in
municipalities with a population greater than 450,000, according to the most
recent estimate of population made by the Office of State Budget and
Management, provided that:
(1) The seating areas are designated as part of the retail permittee's licensed premises;
(2) The retail permittee has notified the Commission, in writing, of its intent to sell malt beverages in the seating areas at sporting events;
(3) Service of food and nonalcoholic beverages is available in the seating areas;
(4) The retail permittee has certified to the Commission that it has trained its employees:
a. To identify underage persons and intoxicated persons; and
b. To refuse to sell malt beverages to those persons as required by G.S. 18B-305; and
(5) The employees do not verbally shout or hawk the sale of malt beverages."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.