GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 391
SENATE BILL 479

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE ISSUANCE OF BROWN-BAGGING PERMITS TO VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18B-1000 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(8)	Congressionally chartered veterans organizations.  An establishment that is organized as a federally chartered, nonprofit veterans organization, and is operated solely for patriotic or fraternal purposes."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 18B-1001(7) reads as rewritten:
"(7)	Brown-bagging Permit.  A brown-bagging permit authorizes each individual patron of an establishment, with the permission of the permittee, to bring up to four liters of fortified wine or spirituous liquor, or four liters of the two combined, onto the premises and to consume those alcoholic beverages on the premises. The permit may be issued for any of the following:
a.	Restaurants;
b.	Hotels;
c.	Private clubs;
d.	Community theaters;
e.	Congressionally-chartered veterans organizations."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1987.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of June, 1987.