NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1369

HOUSE BILL 2079

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE EFFICIENCY AND CONTROL IN THE WAREHOUSING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 18A-15(13) is amended to read as follows:

"(13)    On or before June 30, 1975, and thereafter to provide for the receipt, storage and distribution of alcoholic beverages by negotiated contract or by use of the procedures for purchase and contract of property by State agencies with a privately-owned warehouse in the Raleigh area or, alternatively and by the same procedure, with privately-owned warehouses in the several regions of the State which in the discretion of the Board would promote efficient distribution of alcoholic beverages to the local boards of alcoholic control and maintain control of such beverages and the Board's supervision thereof. The State Board of Alcoholic Control shall provide for such warehousing and distribution through contracts or sub-leases with independent contractors, except that the State Board shall have the power and authority to operate such warehouses on an interim emergency or temporary basis pursuant to a change in independent operator or for some condition substantially impeding distribution of alcoholic beverages from the warehouse. The Board shall prescribe such rules and regulations as they deem necessary for the receipt, storage and distribution of such beverages and violation of such rules and regulations shall be grounds for termination of a contract upon reasonable notice by the Board. The contract or contracts entered into pursuant to this subdivision shall provide for an annual audited financial statement, shall provide that the records of the warehouse or warehouses be available for inspection at all times by the State Board of Alcoholic Control and the Department of Revenue and shall provide that the accounts of the warehouse or warehouses regarding the receipt, storage and distribution of alcoholic beverages be subject to audit by the State Auditor."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of April, 1974.