GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	3 

SENATE BILL 872
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 4/29/97
Third Edition Engrossed 4/30/97

Short Title:  Youth Workers At ABC Permittees.	(Public)

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April 15, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW TEENAGERS WHO ARE FOURTEEN OR FIFTEEN YEARS OLD TO WORK AT CERTAIN PLACES THAT SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 95-25.5(j) reads as rewritten:
"(j)	No person who holds any ABC permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18B of the General Statutes for the on-premises sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages, including any mixed beverages, shall employ a youth:
(1)	Under 16 years of age on the premises for any purpose, unless the premises for which the permit is issued is a restaurant, a hotel, or a sports club.  If the permit is issued for one of these types of businesses, the person may employ a youth who is 14 or 15 years old to work on the premises only in a job that will not require the youth to be present in a room where alcoholic beverages are consumed.  If the youth possesses or consumes an alcoholic beverage on the premises, the employer is subject to the penalty provided in G.S. 95-25.23.  The definitions of 'restaurant,' 'hotel,' and 'sports club' in G.S. 18B-1000 apply in this subdivision.
(2)	Under 18 years of age to prepare, serve, dispense or sell any alcoholic beverages, including mixed beverages."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.