GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	3 

SENATE BILL 173
Corrected Copy 3/2/99
Third Edition Engrossed 3/9/99

Short Title:  Nat'l Hist. Landmark Dist. Permits.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Rand.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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February 25, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN ABC PERMITS IN DESIGNATED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICTS AND TO INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-1006 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( n)	National Historic Landmark District. – The Commission may issue permits listed in G.S. 18B-1001(10), without approval at an election, to qualified establishments defined in G.S. 18B-1000(4) and (6) located within the boundaries of a National Historic Landmark as defined in 16 U.S.C. § 470a(a)(1)(B) located in a county that meets all of the following requirements:
(1)	Has approved the sale of malt beverages and unfortified wine but not mixed beverages.
(2)	Has at least one city that has approved the operation of an ABC store and the sale of mixed beverages.
(3)	Has at least 150,000 population based on the last federal census."
Section 2.  G.S. 18B-1006(m) reads as rewritten:
"(m)	Interstate Interchange Economic Development Zones. – The Commission may issue permits listed in G.S. 18B-1001(10), without approval at an election, to qualified establishments defined in G.S. 18B-1000(4), (6), and (8) located within one mile of an interstate highway interchange located in a county that either:
(1)	Meets all of the following requirements:
a.	Has approved the sale of malt beverages, unfortified wine, and fortified wine, but not mixed beverages.
	b.	Operates ABC stores.
	c.	Borders on another state.
	d.	Lies north and east of the Roanoke River; or
(2)	Meets all of the following requirements:
a.	Has approved the sale of malt beverages, unfortified wine, fortified wine, and mixed beverages.
b.	Contains one city that has approved the sale of malt beverages, unfortified wine, fortified wine, and mixed beverages.
c.	Operates ABC stores.
d.	Lies south and west of the Roanoke River and shares a common border with a county qualifying in subdivision (1) of this subsection.
This subsection shall also apply to an establishment in a county included in subdivision (2)	of this subsection if the establishment is located within two miles of an interstate highway interchange that is within three miles of the common border described in sub-subdivision (2)d. of this subsection."
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.