Thursday. February 10, 1983
Evans Report On
By Rep. Charles D. Evans
In this legislative report, I
will be discussing various
aspects of the proposed Dram
Shop Legislation which is a
part of the Governor’s legisla
tion on drinking drivers, a
local bill establishing a boun
dary between Tyrrell and
Washington counties, and
some comments concerning
some of the bills that have
been introduced to raise addi
tional revenue for the State
and local governments.
First of all, I would like to
mention that Liston Ramsey,
the Speaker of the N.C.
House, has reappointed me to
one of the four House positi
tions on the Legislative
Ethnics Committee to serve
for another year. By the
Speaker’s appointment, I
have been serving as the
Chairman of the Legislative
Ethics Committee last year,
but because the Chairman
ship rotates each year bet
ween the House and the
Senate, it will be chaired this
year by Senator Marshall
Rauch who chaired it two
years ago. I believe that the
area of ethics and ethical con
duct by legislators is most im
portant. The impression that
legislators give by their con
duct often times is what our
citizens make judgements
from. The responsibility of
this committee is to hear com
plaints raised about any
FOR SALE
WATERFRONT
CAPE COLONY
9% Assumable Loan w/Owner Financing
Custom built cedar home - 3 BR, 2Vt Bath, Rec. Rm.,
Great Rm w/ Cathedral ceiling, 2 car garage. Sandy
Beach. Bulkheaded
*75,000
Call for appointment 482-2397 482-2112
GtßeOcTuffr * save *«% to 46% on
PYREX' AND CORNING WARE*
Pyrex ware practicality, thecharm of Fireside, M ~ _ , _
versatility ancl you Coming® FrSnCn Whit© HOStSSS SotS
Corning® Grab-A Snack and Snack-lt Set Save 20% on Covered Oval Casserole Dishes!
YOUR CHOICE #% #% eafe===a==: Corning® 2 Vi-qt. casserole. Shop today! Reg. 18.69 14.88
Rigujartt.39 JflOO jy IrJ Bargain Buy on Covered Round Casseroles!
Snack-lt set includes two 6" square Snack-lt dishes plus Coming* 2 Vi-qt. covered round dishes. Reg. 18.69 14.88
the Grab-A-Snack set includes one 6" dish and bowl too. a , „ , _ . „ _
W \\\ Open Oval Casseroles Drastically Reduced!
___Corning* 2 Vi-qt. open oval casseroles. Reg. 16.19 8.88
C — \ Save 46% on Corning 9 Covered Round Dishes!
Coming 1 Vi-qt. covered round casseroles. Reg. 16.69 8.88
r ”’ ■ \ Amazing 22% Savings on 10" Pie Plates Now!
\l I I Corning® Browning Skillet Coming* 10"pieplate or quiche dish. Reg. 11.39 8.88
r~*- ZlK\ „ . u *** 0%0% French White Sets at a Great 40% Savings!
/ ■\ \ Coming covered 10" browning if DO Sm qq
/ \\ \ skiltet with special coated, eie- IViOQ Set with two 16-oz. round casseroles. Regular 13.19 /.OO
/ BV \ V A Corning* French White Sets at a Great Buy!
Corning® Browning Grill coming -t with two wovai dishes. Rag.is.it 7.88
Coming little sizzter grin to 1Q OQ Handy 816" Pie Plate Reduced 18% for You!
* _mr brown, cook and serve in. I £i9v •m qq
V " Unique new dish. A nice gift! Reg. 17.99 French white BV4" pie plate or quiche. Regular 9.69 / iOO
‘' J V
i
Shop Monday Through Thursday 9:30 a.m. Untt 6:30p.m., Friday 9:30a.m. Until 9p.m., Saturday 9:30a.m. Until 9 p.m. - Phone 482-3221 '*
member of the General
Assembly or to undertake in
vestigations on its own of
ethical problems that
members of the committee
are aware of or become in
formed about. It consists of
four members of the House
and four members of the
Senate.
Much has been written in
the last few days about the
proposed Dram Shop Legisla
tion which is a part of the
Governor’s proposed revision
of the laws dealing with drink
ing drivers. You will recall
that I briefly discussed the
subject in my last legislative
report. Since I have received
a great deal of cor
respondence and inquiry
about this proposal, I thought
it would be good to tell you a
little more about it. At the
present time, it is a criminal
offense to sell alcoholic
beverages to a minor or to a
person who is already intox
icated. What this proposal
would do is to extend to that
situation civil liability on the
part of the owner or operator
of the dispenser of the
alcoholic beverage. It is in
tended to provide some relief,
possibly, to those who have
suffered because of a death or
serious injury by a drinking
driver or to the members of a
family of a deceased person.
Also involved in the proposal
is a defense by the defendant
Proposed Dram Shop Legislation
disperser of the alcoholic
beverage by what is called
“good practices.” That is -by
showing that the establish
ment checks for identification
and has trained its employees
to detect an intoxicated per
son and generally operates a
well-run establishment. This
would encourage those
businesses who are dispersing
alcoholic beverages to take
whatever additional efforts
are necessary in order to be
sure that they are not selling
to a minor or to a person who
is intoxicated.
Much of the opposition that
has risen to this proposal
comes from grocery stores,
convenience stores, and
restaurants who are serving
alcoholic beverages. The
grocery stores and conve
nience stores are arguing that
they do not have enough time
during the sales transaction
involving alcoholic beverages
in which to determine
whether a person is intox
icated or not. They also com
plain that the use of false ID’s
to establish one’s age is being
used widely. Although I
basically support the Dram
Shop Proposal, I do believe
that legitimate concerns have
been raised. I will be involv
ed, as a member of the
Judiciary 111 Committee in
the House, in hopefully solv
ing some of these problems
We*t W. By rum
Agency, Inc.
The Independent
Agency That Cares.
See Us For All Your
INSURANCE NEEDS.
You’ll Be Glad You Did.
Edenton, N.C. *IB3-*I*I3B
THE CHOWAN HERALD
and then coming up with a
proposal that will be sup
ported by most interested
parties. There is a great deal
of support from the public in
general about the proposals
and that is why so much at
tention is being placed on the
DUI Proposals. It is time that
something is done about this
problem.
Regardless of the outcome
of the debate on the Dram
Shop Proposal, I am suppor
ting change in the statutes
which deals with the use of
false identification for the
purpose of purchasing
alcoholic beverages. I am
hopeful that this statute will
be rewritten in our committee
in order that it will include the
use of all false identification
by an underaged person in
order to purchase alcoholic
beverages and that the
punishment will be ap
propriate to discourage our
young people from doing this.
I have introduced this past
week in the House a bill that
will establish a boundary
agreement between
Washington and Tyrrell coun
ties. For many years, ap
parently, there has been some
confusion about a portion of
the boundary line between the
two counties. The boards of
county commissioners of both
counties have reached an
agreement concerning this
and have requested that I in
troduce a bill to definately
establish the lines. Becadjftfbf
the fact that the counties are' v
now involved in the tax listing
for 1983, I have been' re
quested to expedite this mat
ter as much as possible. I am
hopeful that this legislation
can be passed during the next
few days of the legislative
session.
Another item that has
created a lot of attention and
one that many people are con
cerned about is the possibili
ty of raising taxes in order to
increase the revenue coming
into the State. Recently, there
was introduced in the Senate
by Senator Kenneth Royal a
proposal to increase the State
sales tax from three per cent
to four per cent and earmark
ing the additional revenues to
be used for certain types of
expenditures which I will
mention below. A very in
teresting part of the pro
posal is to remove in steps the
sales tax on food. Also involv
ed in the proposal is an in
crease in the sales tax on air
craft, boats, and motor
vehicles from 2 to 3 per cent
and increase in the maximum
tax on these items from $l2O
to S3OO. The revenues col
lected under the sales provi
sions would be distributed as
follows: 1) community col
leges for vocational and
technical instructional equip
ment, 2) Department of
Transportation to match
federal highway aid, 3)
Department of Administra
tion for grants to local govern
ments for water supply and
waste-water treatment
systems and for maintenance
and repair of State facilities,
4) Department of Public In
struction for construction and
renovation of public school
facilities, 5) UNC Board of
Governors for capital im
provements and 6) any re
maining unencumbered
amount to be placed in a
Public Works Reserve Fund
to be appropriated only by the
General Assembly. This pro-
posal is rather unique in its
approach and I am sure it will
receive considerable debate
during the coming weeks of
the Session.
As some of you may know,
. a very high-priority has been
placed by our local govern
ment and its leaders oin North
Carolina (county commis
sioners and municipal elected
officials) in finding additional
revenues for use by the coun
ties. In the last session of the
General Assembly I introduc
ed a local option sales tax bill
which would increase by one
per cent the availability of
sales tax revenues if a coun
ty decided to institute that on
the local level similar to the
existing one per cent option
sales tax. I believe that we
will be hearing more about
this subject in the coming
weeks and would welcome
any comments that you may
have about this revenue pro
blem that the State is facing.
It seems to me that if the peo
ple of North Carolina want ad
ditional services provided, in
cluding maintenance and con
struction of highways system
that we must find additional
revenue. I would welcome
any suggestions that you may
have.
Vepco
ROANOKE RAPIDS -
Vepco will pay about
$12.2-million in North
Carolina state and local taxes
in 1982. This includes
$9.9-million for taxes on gross
receipts and about
$l.B-million for property
taxes.
Os the 1982 property tax
payments made on December
31,1982, Northampton Coun
ty’s $425,096 was the com
pany’s largest. Halifax Coun
ty had the second largest bill
at $273,678. The Gaston and
Roanoke Rapids hydroelec
tric facilities are located in
the two counties.
Other counties receiving
checks include Martin,
$99,940; Hertford, $87,256;
Continued Gh Page ID-B
MAN-MADE MARSH—Seedlings planted in mid-April of
last year were well on their way to becoming full-grown
vegetation by early July. The photo was taken at the North
Carolina State University research site near Aurora, N.C.
(Photo courtesy of NCSU Department of Botany )
Virginia Pops Return To Efizabeth City
Albemarle area residents
are in for a special musical
treat when Walter Noona and
his Virginia Pops Orchestra
return to Sheep Auditorium in
Elizabeth City on Friday,
Feb. 11 at 8 P.M. The concert
is being sponsored by the Pas
quotank Arts Council with the
assistance of the Elizabeth Ci
ty Foundation.
The Virginia Pops
organization was formed
when the Norfolk Symphony
and the Peninsula Symphony
PUBLIC HEARING
The Edenton Town Council will meet on Mon
day, Feb. 21,1983, at 8:00 P.M., in the Edenton
Municipal Building at which time they will hold a
public hearing on the following;
1. The Planning Board’s proposal to rezone
the area on Jackson Street between N.C. 32
and Freemason St. from R-20 Residential-
Agricultural to R-6 Residential.
2. The Planning Board’s proposal to rezone
the area North of West Albemarle St. and
those lots on the South side of W. Albemarle
St. from R-10 Residential to R-6 Residential.
3. The Planning Board's proposal to amend
Edenton’s Zoning Ordinance by adding item
9) “Storage Warehouse and Mini-Storage”
as a permitted use under Sec. 7-2.1 in the
R-20 Residential-Agricultural Zone.
Ralph E. Parrish, Zoning Administrator
Page 9-B
merged several years ago.
The conductor of the Pops,
Walter Noona, is a pianist of
great renown. His piano is be
ing shipped to Elizabeth City
for this performance, since
Noona will be performing as
well as directing.
Student tickets are
available for $4 and adult
tickets can be purchased for
$6. Tickets may be purchased
at Hollowell & Blount in
Edenton.