House amendment #1 to the 4th edition makes the following changes.

Part IV.

Amends GS 130A-50 (elections and terms of office of sanitary district boards [Board]) as follows. Permits a Board to adopt a resolution to require the election of the Board members at the same time as the election for county officers. Specifies that any such resolution must be delivered to the county board of elections prior to July 1, of an odd-numbered. Extends the current Board members’ terms for one year if such a resolution is delivered. Specifies that the election will be conducted in the following even-numbered year.

Specifies that if a Board lies wholly within a county and no resident voter of the district filed a notice of candidacy in the previous election for the Board, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution to require the election of the Board to be at the time of the election for county officers. Provides same July 1 deadline for delivery of the resolution to the board of elections as set forth above, with same extension of terms, and holding of election in the following even-numbered year. 

For 2023, permits a Board/board of county commissioners to deliver the resolution requiring elections to be at the time of the election for county officers no later than August 1, 2023. If the resolution is received by the county board of  elections by August 1, 2023, the county board of elections must cancel all notices of candidacy and petitions submitted in 2023 with respect to the election of that sanitary district board and conduct the next election in 2024.

Part V.

Amends GS 18B-1001’s (regulation of alcoholic beverages) definition of bar so that it no longer excludes a brewery, winery, or distillery. Effective August 1, 2023.

Makes organizational changes and conforming changes to act’s long title. 

House amendment # 3 makes the following changes.

Part II.

Removes defined terms present and spectator from new GS 20-141.10 (pertaining to illegal street takeovers). Removes provisions making it unlawful for a person to be knowingly present as a spectator of a street takeover. Amends GS 20-141.10(c), which makes it unlawful to knowingly participate in, coordinate through social media or otherwise, to include committing an overt act in furtherance of, a street takeover.  Specifies that mere presence alone is not sufficient to sustain a conviction under GS 20-141.10(c).