NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 647

HOUSE BILL 995

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 18 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO AUTHORIZE THE SAME FORMS OF BALLOTS IN BEER AND WINE ELECTIONS FOR COUNTIES AS ARE AUTHORIZED FOR MUNICIPALITIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  The provisions of G.S. 18-125 are amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof, to read as follows: "In addition to the forms of ballots authorized by this section, questions as to sales of beer and wine may be placed on the ballot in county elections in any form authorized under this Chapter for similar elections in municipalities."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 18-126 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (d) to read as follows: "(c) The result of any county election held pursuant to this Article shall not in any manner affect the legal sale of beer or wine or both, or the types of sales, in any municipality in which the legal sale of beer or wine or both is permitted at the time of the county election."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of May, 1969.