GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
SESSION LAW 2005-13
HOUSE BILL 825
AN ACT to increase the membership of the town of kenansville alcoholic beverage control board.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 4 of Chapter 1169 of the 1949 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4. If the operation
of a town liquor control store is authorized under the provisions of this Act,
the Mayor and the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Kenansville
shall immediately create a city board of alcoholic control to be composed of a
chairman and two four other members who shall be well-known for
their character, ability, and business acumen. Said board shall be known
and designated as "The Town of Kenansville Board of Alcoholic
Control". The chairman of said board shall be designated by the
mayor and governing body of the town and shall serve for his the first
term for a period of three years, one year, and one
member two members shall serve for his their first
term a period of two years, and the other member members shall
serve for a period of one year; three years; and all terms shall
begin with the date of their appointment, and after the said terms shall have
expired, their successors in office shall serve for a period of three
years. Their successors, or any vacancy occurring in the board shall be
named or filled by the mayor and the governing body of the town."
SECTION 2. G.S. 18B-700(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Membership. - A local
ABC board shall consist of three five members appointed for three-year
terms, unless a different membership or term is provided by a local act enacted
before the effective date of this Chapter, or unless the board is a board for a
merged ABC system under G.S. 18B-703 and a different size membership has
been provided for as part of the negotiated merger. One member of the
initial board of a newly created ABC system shall be appointed for a three-year
term, one member for a two-year term, and one member for a one-year term. As the
terms of initial board members expire, their successors shall each be appointed
for three-year terms. The appointing authority shall designate one member
of the local board as chairman."
SECTION 3. Section 2 of this act applies to the Town of Kenansville only.
SECTION 4. The terms of members currently appointed to the board shall expire on December 31, 2005. All new appointments and reappointments to the board will be effective on January 1, 2006, and shall be for the terms specified in Section 1 of this act. In the event a member is removed or leaves the board for any reason, the new member appointed to the board shall fill the remainder of the unexpired term.
SECTION 5. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of April, 2005.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives