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Alcohol Beverage Control <br />History of Alcohol Beverage Control in North Carolina <br />The earliest liquor <br />legislation in North <br />Carolina established <br />local option. Local <br />option allows voters in <br />counties, cities, or towns <br />to decide whether to <br />sell liquor in their <br />communities. While the <br />rules of local option <br />have been modified <br />over the years, it is still <br />the process by which <br />voters determine what <br />alcoholic beverages <br />are sold in Their <br />communities. <br />Chapter 18 of the 1937 Ad is repealed and replaced <br />with Chapter i 8A, which directs the ABC Commission to <br />control distribution and pricing of liquor. <br />Legislation authorizes cities and counties to vote on <br />the sale of mixed beverages. <br />Chapter 18A is repealed and replaced with Chapter <br />18B, which authorizes ABC store elections for <br />municipalities and clarifies mixed beverage election <br />law. <br />C <br />N <br />T <br />R <br />control period marks <br />beginning of the state <br />iopoly on liquor sales <br />ugh local-governmem <br />rated boards. <br />/~ Source: Program Evaluation Division based on North Carolina Session Laws and other historical documents. <br />/' ~~ u~ // Page 3 of 36 <br />LI <br />0 <br />i <br />C <br />A' <br />L <br />Report No. 2008-12-01 <br />Statewide local option legislation allowed people to <br />vote to prohibit liquor sales in townships. <br />North Carolina votes to prohibit sale of alcoholic <br />beverages in statewide referendum. <br />The Watts Ad limits the manufacture and sale of <br />liquor to incorporated cities and towns, resulting in <br />rural prohibition. <br />The 18~ Amendment of the United States Constitution <br />along with the Volstead Act establish national prohibition. <br />Turlington Act conforms North Carolina prohibition law <br />to federal Volstead Act. <br />The 21 ~ Amendment of the United States Constitution <br />repeals prohibition. <br />R <br />0 <br />H <br />B <br />T <br />N <br />This 30-year period <br />marked a time when the <br />manufacturing or sale of <br />liquor in North Carolina <br />was a violation of state <br />law and later federal <br />law. <br />The Pasquotank Act and New Hanover Act authorizes <br />liquor sales in 17 counties. The North Carolina General <br />Assembly authorizes a study commission to examine the <br />C] r=' '`~"~ The Alcohol Beverage Control Act of 1937 establishes <br />P ~' ~ a state monopoly system of control for liquor based on <br />t the recommendations of the study commission. <br />~ F x~ <br />Tj~ ,_ <br />,.. <br />I I 4 r~. <br />O ~, ~ ~ .~' <br />N ' f ~. <br />