2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 18B-104. Administrative penalties.

§ 18B‑104.  Administrative penalties.

(a)       Penalties. – For any violation of the ABC laws, the Commission may take any of the following actions against a permittee:

(1)       Suspend the permittee's permit for a specified period of time not longer than three years;

(2)       Revoke the permittee's permit;

(3)       Fine the permittee up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the first violation, up to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for the second violation, and up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the third violation; or

(4)       Suspend the permittee's permit under subdivision (1) and impose a fine under subdivision (3).

(b)       Compromise. – In any case in which the Commission is entitled to suspend or revoke a permit, the Commission may accept from the permittee an offer in compromise to pay a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The Commission may either accept a compromise or revoke a permit, but not both. The Commission may accept a compromise and suspend the permit in the same case.

(c)       Fines and Penalties to Treasurer. – The clear proceeds of fines and penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C‑457.2.

(d)       Effect on Licenses. – Suspension or revocation of a permit includes automatic suspension or revocation of any related State or local revenue license.

(e)       Effect on Other Permits. – Unless some other disposition is ordered by the Commission, revocation or suspension of a permit under subsection (a) includes automatic revocation or suspension, respectively, of any other ABC permit held by the same permittee for the same establishment. (1939, c. 158, s. 514; 1943, c. 400, s. 6; 1945, c. 903, s. 1; 1947, c. 1098, ss. 2, 3; 1949, c. 974, ss. 7, 14; 1953, c. 1207, ss. 2‑5; 1957, cc. 1048, 1440; 1963, c. 426, ss. 4, 5, 10, 12; c. 460, s. 1; 1971, c. 872, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 193; 1977, c. 669, s. 1; 1981, c. 412, s. 2; 1998‑215, s. 27.)