1967_session laws_223_10
CHAPTER 222 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 8, CHAPTER 18, OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, SO AS TO PERMIT THE TRANSPORTATION, POSSESSION AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR PERSONAL USE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
There is hereby established a new Section, immediately following Section 51 of Chapter 18 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, to read as follows: G. S. 18-51.1. Exceptions. Notwithstanding the provisions of G. S. 18-51, the following provisions shall be applicable: -1 Exemption From Fees. No fee shall be charged by the State Board of Alcoholic Control for any permit issued under subsection -7 of G. 8S. 18-51 to any county or municipality, for any premises operated by said county or municipality. -2 Local Laws. Nothing in this Article shall operate to repeal any of the local Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages within any county, municipality, or portion thereof, and all such local Acts shall continue in full force and effect and in concurrence herewith, until repealed or modified. -3 Exemption of Counties. Until at least one county or municipal alcoholic beverage control store has been lawfully established within any county, no permit shall be issued by the State Board of Alcoholic Control for the purposes defined in subsection -5 of G. S. 18-51 to any person, association or corporation for premises located in said county.