§ 18B-708 — Sale of certain spirituous liquors below distiller's price

(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 18B-804(b), the Commission may authorize a local board to sell certain spirituous liquors below the price paid by the local board for the spirituous liquors, including the bailment charge and surcharge, upon request from the local board. Before allowing the local board to sell spirituous liquor below the price paid by the local board, the Commission shall verify that allowing the price reduction will not cause the local board to operate at an annual net loss or, if the local board was already operating at a loss, will not cause the local board to incur additional annual net revenue losses.
(b) If a distillery requests to be notified if its products are authorized for pricing below the distiller's price pursuant to this section, the Commission shall notify the distiller of the product and the local board for which the reduced pricing is authorized within 24 hours of the authorization. The Commission shall notify the local board upon authorization if the distillery has requested to be notified. The distillery shall have the right of first refusal to purchase any of the distillery's products that a local board requests to sell pursuant to this section for the price authorized by the Commission for two business days prior to the reduction of the retail price in the ABC store. If the distillery has not purchased the products within two business days after being notified of the reduced pricing by the Commission, the local board may reduce the retail price. If the distillery has not requested to be notified if its products are authorized for pricing below the distiller's price pursuant to this section, the local board may reduce the retail price immediately upon authorization by the Commission. (2024-41, s. 10.)