GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	2 

SENATE BILL 814
House Committee Substitute Favorable 5/22/97

Short Title:  In-Stand ABC Sales.	(Public)

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April 14, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR IN-STAND SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CERTAIN STADIUMS, BALLPARKS, AND SIMILAR PUBLIC PLACES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 18B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 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 60,000 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.