North Carolina SB 552: Omnibus Occupancy Taxes.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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SENATE BILL 552

Short Title: ABC Omnibus 2025. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Moffitt, Johnson, and Hanig (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 26, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE ALCOHOL LAWS OF THIS STATE. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
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PROVIDE FUNDING FOR STATE WAREHOUSE TO BE REPAID BY FUNDS 5
RECEIVED BY THE ABC COMMISSION 6
SECTION 1.(a) There is appropriated from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund 7
to the Department of Administration the sum of three hundred nine million five hundred 8
sixty-eight thousand five hundred sixty-three dollars ($309,568,563) for the 2025-2026 fiscal 9
year to be used for advanced planning and construction of a new automated warehouse and 10
associated offices for the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (ABC). Upon 11
the earlier of project completion or July 1, 2029, the ABC shall repay the total amount of funds 12
appropriated from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund for the project in an amount of no 13
less than twenty million six hundred seventy thousand dollars ($20,670,000) annually. 14
Reimbursement funds submitted by ABC pursuant to this subsection shall be credited to the State 15
Capital and Infrastructure Fund. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to preclude the 16
payment of amounts in excess of the minimum prescribed annual amount. 17
SECTION 1.(b) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025. 18
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ESTABLISH SERVICE BUSINESS PERMIT 20
SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 18B-300(a1) reads as rewritten: 21
"(a1) Consumption on Premises During Time of Permit Revocation or Suspension. – It shall 22
be unlawful to consume or for a permittee or his a permittee's agent or employee to allow the 23
consumption of malt beverages or unfortified wine on the premises of any business during the 24
period of time that any on-premises permit or service business permit issued to the business 25
authorizing the sale andor consumption of malt beverages or unfortified wine has been suspended 26
or revoked by the Commission. The prohibition in this subsection does not apply to the premises 27
upon which the business was located at the time the permit was suspended or revoked if the 28
business ceases to operate in that location and the owner of the property is not the permittee, 29
provided that the permittee is not engaged in any other business or other activity on the premises 30
during the period of suspension or revocation." 31
SECTION 2.(b) G.S. 18B-603 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 32
"(i) Service Business Permits. – The Commission may only issue service business permits 33
provided for in G.S. 18B-1001(26) to qualified persons and establishments located within a 34
jurisdiction in which on-premises malt beverage permits or on-premises unfortified wine permits 35
may be issued, subject to the following restrictions: 36

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(1) If on-premises malt beverage permits, but not on-premises unfortified wine 1
permits, may be issued in the jurisdiction, the service business permittee may 2
furnish only malt beverages to customers. 3
(2) If on-premises unfortified wine permits, but not on-premises malt beverage 4
permits, may be issued in the jurisdiction, the service business permittee may 5
furnish only unfortified wine to customers. 6
(3) If on-premises malt beverage permits and on-premises unfortified wine 7
permits may be issued in the jurisdiction, the service business permittee may 8
furnish malt beverages and unfortified wine to customers." 9
SECTION 2.(c) G.S. 18B-902 reads as rewritten: 10
"§ 18B-902. Application for permit; fees. 11
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(d) Fees. – An application for an ABC permit shall be accompanied by payment of the 13
following application fee: 14
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(57) Service business permit – $50.00. 16
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(h) Recycling Plan Required. – Each applicant for an on-premises malt beverage permit, 18
on-premises unfortified wine permit, service business permit, on-premises fortified wine permit, 19
or a mixed beverages permit shall prepare and submit with the application a plan for the collection 20
and recycling of all recyclable beverage containers of all beverages to be sold or furnished at 21
retail on the premises. Each applicant for a mobile bar services permit shall prepare and submit 22
with the application a plan for the collection and recycling of all recyclable beverage containers 23
of all beverages to be served at an event pursuant to the permit. A permittee who is not able to 24
find a recycler for its beverage containers may apply to the Alcoholic Beverage Control 25
Commission for a one-year stay of the requirement to implement a recycling program in 26
compliance with G.S. 18B-1006.1. The application shall be made in a form specified by the 27
Commission, shall detail the efforts made by t