Bill Summary for S 604 (2017-2018)

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Apr 4 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
Senate Bill 604 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 4, 2017
AN ACT TO REVISE THE LAWS GOVERNING ORGANIZED AFFAIRS, EXHIBITIONS, AND COMPETITIONS WHERE CERTAIN HOMEMADE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE OFFERED FOR CONSUMPTION FREE OF CHARGE AND TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN SMALL MUNICIPALITIES WITH DECREASING POPULATIONS TO ATTRACT BUSINESS THROUGH A MALT BEVERAGE AND UNFORTIFIED WINE ELECTION, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BOARD.
Intro. by Sanderson.

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Amends GS 18B-902(d) to require a $50 fee for applications for homemade alcoholic beverage competitions and tastings permits.

Amends GS 18B-1001 to authorize on-premises malt beverage permittees to host on the permittee's licensed premises, in a part of the premises not open to the general public, homebrew club meetings or events where homemade malt beverages may be consumed by participants of legal age in the meeting or event. Makes technical changes. Authorizes special occasion permittees to further permit hosts to bring donated homemade malt beverages, meads, wines, and fermented fruit juices onto the premises to serve to guests, and authorizes special occasion permits to be issued to nonprofit organizations. Further authorizes limited special occasion permittees to bring donated homemade malt beverages, meads, wines, and fermented fruit juices onto the premises of a business as currently authorized, and to engage in the activities authorized under new subdivision (21). Enacts new subdivision (21), authorizing homemade alcoholic beverage competition and tasting permits. Permittees under new subdivision (21) may host on their licensed premises an organized affair, exhibition, or competition, where the licensee, or the licensee's employee or agent, may serve for consumption on the licensed premises, homemade alcoholic beverages as specified. Provides that the homemade alcoholic beverage permittee is solely liable for any violations of GS Chapter 18B in connection with the affair, exhibition, or competition. Directs the ABC Commission to adopt rules to assure that tastings are not a subterfuge for the unlawful sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages.

Authorizes the ABC Commission to adopt temporary rules to implement this act, remaining in effect until permanent rules replacing them become effective.

Effective July 1, 2017.