GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	5 

SENATE BILL 173
Corrected Copy 3/2/99
Third Edition Engrossed 3/9/99
Fourth Edition Engrossed 3/10/99
House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/13/99

Short Title:  Sports Club ABC Permits.	(Public)

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February 25, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL COMMISSION TO ISSUE PERMITS TO SPORTS CLUBS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-603(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f)	Permits Not Dependent on Elections. – The Commission may issue the following kinds of permits without approval at an election:
(1)	Special occasion permits;
(2)	Limited special occasion permits;
(3)	Brown-bagging permits for private clubs and congressionally chartered veterans organizations;
(4)	Culinary permits, except as restricted by subdivision (d)(5);
(5)	Special one-time permits issued under G.S. 18B-1002;
(6)	All permits listed in G.S. 18B-1100;
(7)	On-premises malt beverage permits and on-premises unfortified wine permits for a tourism ABC establishment;
(8)	The permits authorized by G.S. 18B-1001(1), (3), (5), and (10) for sports clubs."
Section 2.  G.S. 18B-305 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( c)	Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, no permittee may refuse to sell alcoholic beverages to a person solely based on that person's race, religion, color, national origin, sex, or disability."
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.