NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 76

SENATE BILL 142

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 982 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1963; TO REPEAL SECTION 2 OF CHAPTER 1062 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1967, AND TO ALLOCATE THE PROFITS EARNED BY THE HAMLET BOARD OF ALCOHOLIC CONTROL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 1062 of the 1967 Session Laws is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. Chapter 182, Session Laws of 1963, is hereby amended by deleting all of Section 6 and in lieu thereof inserting the following:

"Sec. 6. The net profits earned by the Town of Hamlet Board of Alcoholic Control shall be determined by quarterly audits and within 20 days thereafter allocated by the Board and paid as follows:

(a)       Fifty percent (50%) shall be paid into the General Fund of the Town of Hamlet.

(b)       Fifteen percent (15%) shall be paid to the Town of Hamlet to be used only for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a supervised recreation system for the city either by the City Council or a Board of Commission appointed for the purpose by the City Council as authorized by Chapter 160, Article 12 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.

(c)       Three percent (3%) shall be paid to the Town of Hamlet to be used to buy books for the Hamlet Library.

(d)       Three percent (3%) shall be paid to the Hamlet Rescue Squad to be used for the purchase of equipment and operating expenses.

(e)       Three percent (3%) shall be paid to the Town of Hamlet Fire Department and used for the purchase of small equipment desired by the firemen.

(f)        Four percent (4%) shall be paid to the Town of Hamlet and divided by the city treasurer equally among the policemen and officers of the Hamlet Police Department. These funds are to be paid to the policemen and officers in addition to their regular salaries within 30 days after received.

(g)       Two percent (2%) shall be paid to the Richmond County Board of Education and used by that Board exclusively for the Rohanen School Band. In the event Rohanen High School is consolidated into another school, then these funds shall be used by the Board of Education for the benefit of the band in the school into which Rohanen High School is consolidated.

(h)       Three percent (3%) shall be paid to Richmond County Board of Education to be used for the bands of schools located in Marks Creek Township. In the event a school located in Marks Creek Township is consolidated into another school, then that school's funds under this Act shall be used for the benefit of the band of the consolidated school.

(i)        Ten percent (10%) shall be paid to the treasurer of Richmond County and by the treasurer paid to Richmond Technical Institute. In the event that institute should become a community college or change its name, it shall continue to receive these funds.

(j)        Two percent (2%) shall be paid to the General Fund of Richmond County to be used only for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, equipping and operating a supervised recreation system in East Rockingham and Wolf Pit Township as authorized by Chapter 160 Article 12 of the General Statutes of North Carolina either by the Richmond County Board of Commissioners or a Board appointed by the county commissioners for that purpose. None of these funds shall be used for the purchase of real estate.

(k)       Two percent (2%) shall be paid to the Sheriff of Richmond County and divided by him among the regular full time deputies of the Richmond County Sheriff's Department. These funds are to be in addition to the regular salaries of the deputies.

(l)        One percent (1%) shall be paid to the Town of Ellerbe to be used exclusively for the purchase of small equipment desired by members of the fire department.

(m)      One percent (1%) shall be paid to the Town of Hoffman to be used exclusively for the benefit of its fire department.

(n)       One percent (1%) shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Cardova Volunteer Fire Department to be used for the benefit of the fire department."

Sec. 3. Partial invalidity. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provision of this Act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect on July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of March, 1969.