CAM Accessibility & Sustainability Act.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 216

Short Title: CAM Accessibility & Sustainability Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Clampitt.
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Judiciary 2, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of
the House
February 27, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO CREATE AND FUND A CONTINUOUS ALCOHOL MONITORING FUND TO 2
BE USED FOR THE PURP OSE OF PROVIDING ACC ESS TO CONTINUOUS 3
ALCOHOL MONITORING AS A SENTENCING OPTIO N TO PERSONS THE COU RT 4
DETERMINES ARE UNABL E TO PAY FOR THE CONTINUOUS ALCOHOL 5
MONITORING. 6
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7
SECTION 1. G.S. 18B-804 reads as rewritten: 8
"§ 18B-804. Alcoholic beverage pricing. 9
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(b) Sale Price of Spirituous Liquor. – The sale of spirituous liquor, including antique 11
spirituous liquor, sold at the uniform State price shall consist of the following components: 12
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(10) An additional charge of five cents (5¢) on each bottle. 14
(b1) Price of Spirituous Liquor Sold at Distillery or Distillery Estate District. – When the 15
holder of a distillery permit sells spirituous liquor distilled at the distillery pursuant to 16
G.S. 18B-1105(a)(4), or an on- or off-premises unfortified wine permittee sells spirituous liquor 17
in a distillery estate district, the retail price of the spirituous li quor shall be the uniform State 18
price set by subsection (a) of this section. However, the holder of the permit shall not be required 19
to remit the components of the price set forth by subdivisions (2), (3), (5), (6), (6a), (6b), and (7) 20
(7), and (10) of subsection (b) of this section. 21
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SECTION 2. G.S. 18B-805(b) reads as rewritten: 23
"(b) Primary Distribution. – Before making any other distribution, a local board shall first 24
pay the following from its gross receipts: 25
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(5) Each month the local board shall pay to the Division of Community 27
Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction the proceeds 28
from the charge required by G.S. 18B-804(b)(10) to be deposited into the 29
Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Fund created under G.S. 15A-1343.3 and 30
used in accordance with the purpose of that fund." 31
SECTION 3. G.S. 15A-1343.3 reads as rewritten: 32
"§ 15A -1343.3. Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of 33
Adult Correction to establish regulations for continuous alcohol monitoring 34
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systems; payment of fees; authority to terminate monitoring.monitoring; 1
creation of Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Fund. 2
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(c) There is created in the Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the 4
Department of A dult Correction the Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Fund to be used for the 5
purpose of providing access to continuous alcohol monitoring as a sentencing option to persons 6
the court determines are unable to pay for the continuous alcohol monitoring . If the court 7
determines that continuous alcohol monitoring should be ordered and the convicted person is 8
unable to pay for the continuous alcohol monitoring, the court may order that the Division of 9
Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction pay, from the Fund 10
established in this subsection, the cost of continuous alcohol monitoring for the period of tim e 11
required by the court. To the extent practicable, funds deposited in the Fund in accordance with 12
G.S. 18B-805 shall be used in the county where the charge under G.S. 18B-804(b)(10) is 13
collected." 14
SECTION 4. G.S. 20-179(k4) reads as rewritten: 15
"(k4) Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Exception. – Notwithstanding the provisions of 16
subsections (g), (h), (k2), and (k3) of this section, if the court finds, upon good cause shown, that 17
the defendant should not be required to pay the costs of the continuous alcohol monitoring 18
system, the court shall not impose the use of a continuous alcohol monitoring system unless (i) 19
the local governmental entity responsible for the incarceration of the defendant in the local 20
confinement facility agrees to pay the costs of the system.system or (ii) the court orders the 21
Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction to pay 22
the costs in accordance with G.S. 15A-1343.3." 23
SECTION 5. Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective July 1, 2025, and apply 24
to sales occurring on or after that date. Sections 3 and 4 of this act become effective July 1, 2025, 25
and apply to sentences imposed on or after that date. The remainder of this act becomes effective 26
July 1, 2025. 27