18B-200. North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. (a) Creation of Commission; compensation. – The North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission is created to consist of a chairman and two associate members. The Commission shall be administratively located within the Department of Public Safety but shall exercise its powers independently of the Secretary of Public Safety. […]
18B-201. Conflict of interest; gifts. (a) Financial Interests Restricted. – No person shall be appointed to or employed by the Commission, a local board, or the ALE Division if that person or a member of that person’s family related to that person by blood or marriage to the first degree has or controls, directly or […]
18B-202. Discharge upon conviction. In addition to imposing any other penalty authorized by law, a judge may remove from office or discharge from employment any Commission or local board member or employee, or any ALE agent, who is convicted of a violation of any provision of this Chapter or of any felony and may declare […]
18B-203. Powers and duties of the Commission. (a) Powers. – The Commission shall have authority to: (1) Administer the ABC laws; (2) Provide for enforcement of the ABC laws, in conjunction with the ALE Division; (3) Set the prices of alcoholic beverages sold in local ABC stores as provided in Article 8; (4) Require reports […]
18B-204. State warehouse. (a) Contracting for Private Warehouse. – The Commission shall provide for the receipt, storage, and distribution of spirituous liquor by one of the following methods: (1) By negotiated contract with a privately owned warehouse. (2) By negotiated contract with privately owned warehouses in several regions of the State. The Commission shall choose […]
18B-205. Accounts and reports required. (a) Accounts and Reports. – The Commission may require local boards to submit quarterly mixed beverage reports, quarterly and annual audits, monthly sales records, and any other reports or audits relating to the operations of the local ABC systems. (b) Accounting System. – The Commission may require local boards to […]
18B-206. Standards for alcoholic beverages. (a) Authority to Set Standards. – The Commission may set standards and adopt rules for alcoholic beverages to protect the public against alcoholic beverages containing harmful or impure substances, alcoholic beverages containing an improper balance of substances as determined by the Commission, spurious or imitation alcoholic beverages, and alcoholic beverages […]
18B-207. Rules. The Commission shall have authority to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. Those rules shall become effective when adopted and filed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes. (1937, c. 49, s. 4; cc. 237, 411; 1945, c. 954; 1949, c. 974, […]
18B-208. ABC Commission bonds and funds. (a) Issuance of Bonds. – As a means of raising the funds needed from time to time in the design, acquisition, construction, equipping, maintenance and operation of a warehouse under G.S. 18B-204(a)(3), the Commission may, with the approval of the Governor, at one time or from time to time […]
