14B NCAC 15B .0511       PRIVATE CLUBS: MEMBERS' LIQUOR KEPT SEPARATE

In a private club with both a Mixed Beverages Permit and a Brownbagging Permit, the permittee shall comply with the following requirements:

(1)           The permittee shall not allow a member or guest to possess on the premises more than five liters of fortified wine or spirituous liquor, or five liters of the two combined, or more than 80 liters of malt beverages other than draft malt beverages in kegs;

(2)           The permittee shall ensure that each container of alcoholic beverages brought onto the premises by a member or guest is labeled immediately with the member's name or the guest's and sponsoring member's names;

(3)           Neither a permittee nor a member shall furnish or have any person furnish a member's alcoholic beverages to another member or a guest of a member unless the member owning the beverage is present on the licensed premises;

(4)           Other than to label a container, or during private meetings or parties held under a Special Occasion Permit, neither a permittee nor an employee shall possess or maintain custody over a member's alcoholic beverages or a member's storage locker key, whether or not the member is present on the licensed premises.

Note:  This Paragraph prohibits the employees of the private club from handling a member's alcoholic beverages in any way whatsoever other than to put on the member's name label or when a private function is being held for a private group under a Special Occasion Permit, pursuant to G.S. 18B‑1001(8).  It is a violation of this Rule for a member's alcoholic beverages to be kept at or behind the bar where mixed beverages are prepared and sold.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 18B-100; 18B‑207; 18B‑1006(b); 18B‑1008;

Eff. January 1, 1982;

Amended Eff. July 1, 1992; May 1, 1984;

Transferred and Recodified from 04 NCAC 02S .0516 Eff. August 1, 2015;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. August 20, 2016.