GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 1143
Second Edition Engrossed 4/12/01

 
Short Title:	Sports Club ABC Permits.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Committee on Alcoholic Beverage Control.	
Referred to:	Calendar pursuant to Rule 36(b).	
April 10, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the law regarding the issuance of abc permits to residential private clubs and sports clubs.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B-1006(k) reads as rewritten:
"(k)	Residential Private Club and Sports Club Permits. – The Commission may issue the permits listed in G.S. 18B‑1001, without approval at an election, to a residential private club or a sports club. No permit may be issued to any residential private club or sports club that practices discrimination on the basis of race, gender or ethnicity. 										
The mixed beverages purchase‑transportation permit authorized by G.S. 18B‑404(b) shall be issued by a local board operating a store located in the county."
SECTION 1.1.  This act does not apply in Lincoln, Harnett, Davie, Graham, Swain, Yancey, and McDowell Counties.
SECTION 1.2.  In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction holds that Section 1.1 of this act is unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of Section 1.1 of this act are severable from the remainder of this act.
SECTION 1.3.  Section 1.1 of this act becomes effective 90 days after this act becomes law, and does not affect the validity of any permit applied for before that date.

SECTION 1.4.  G.S. 18B-1006(k), as rewritten by Section 1 of this act, reads as rewritten:
"(k)	Residential Private Club and Sports Club Permits. –The Commission may issue the permits listed in G.S. 18B‑1001, without approval at an election, to a residential private club or a sports club, except if the sale of mixed beverages is not lawful within a jurisdiction and that locality has voted against the sale of mixed beverages in a referendum conducted on or after September 1, 2001. If the issuance of permits is prohibited by the exception in the previous sentence, the Commission may renew existing permits and may continue to issue permits for a business location that had previously held permits under this subsection.
The mixed beverages purchase‑transportation permit authorized by G.S. 18B‑404(b) shall be issued by a local board operating a store located in the county."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.