NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 676

HOUSE BILL 1073

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 18A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PERMIT THE SALE OF WINE COCKTAILS IN GRADE A RESTAURANTS WITH ON-PREMISES WINE PERMITS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18A-38(e) is amended by rewriting the first sentence of subdivision (1) to read as follows: "'On-premises' permits shall be issued only to bona fide hotels, cafeterias, cafes, and restuarants which have a Grade A rating from the Commission for Health Services, and shall authorize the permittees to sell at retail unfortified wine, either separate or mixed with nonalcoholic beverages, for consumption on the premises designated in the permit, and to sell unfortified wine in original containers for consumption off the premises."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 18A-38(f), as it appears in 1975 Replacement Volume 1C of the General Statutes, is amended by changing the semicolon after the word "consumption" in line 5 to a period and by rewriting the remainder of that subsection to read as follows: "Fortified wine sold for consumption on licensed premises may be sold either separate or mixed with nonalcoholic beverages. All sales of fortified wine shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the State ABC Board."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 18A-47(b) is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end of the first paragraph of that subsection: "No such written statement shall be required for a glass in which wine is sold, either separate or mixed with nonalcoholic beverages, for consumption on licensed premises."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1977.