NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 509

HOUSE BILL 1092

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE AN ELECTION ON OPERATION OF LIQUOR CONTROL STORES IN THE CITY OF STATESVILLE, AND FOR THE ALLOCATION OF PROCEEDS FROM THE OPERATION OF SUCH STORES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The Board of Elections, authorized to hold and conduct elections in the City of Statesville, shall hold a special election on September 11, 1973, in the City of Statesville on the question of whether liquor control stores shall operate in the City.

The election shall be conducted as provided in Section 2 of Chapter 534, Session Laws of 1965, except the notice required shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the City, and the notice shall be published twice beginning at least 2 days before the registration books close.

Sec. 2. If a majority of the votes cast be "FOR" City Liquor Control Stores, then the operation of such stores shall continue, and Section 3 of this act shall become effective upon the certification of the results by the Board of Elections. If a majority of the votes be "AGAINST" City Liquor Control Stores, then the operation of such stores shall cease as provided in Section 3 of Chapter 534, Session Laws of 1965.

Sec. 3. Section 6 of Chapter 534, Session Laws of 1965 is hereby rewritten to read:

"Sec. 6. After deducting from the proceeds of sales the salaries, expenses, and working capital as provided in G.S. 18A-18, and the amount for law enforcement, education and rehabilitation, as provided in G.S. 18-17(14), the net profits derived from the operation of liquor stores in Statesville shall be distributed quarterly as follows:

1.         Twenty-five percent (25%) shall be turned over to the Board of Trustees of Mitchell Community College to be used to retire the outstanding library debt, for land acquisitions and capital improvements, as the needs arise.

2.         Twenty-five percent (25%) shall be turned over to the Statesville Board of Education for use in its discretion to improve the standards of the city schools.

3.         The remaining net profits shall be turned over to the City Council of the City of Statesville to be allocated in its discretion among the following:

a.         The Arts and Science Museum.

b.         The Sheltered Workshop for the handicapped and mentally

retarded.

c.         The Iredell County Mental Health Clinic.

d.         The Iredell County Public Library.

e.         The Statesville Recreation Commission."

Sec. 4. This act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of May, 1973.