North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 18B. Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages § 18B-204. State warehouse

(a) Contracting for Private Warehouse.--The Commission shall provide for the receipt, storage, and distribution of spirituous liquor by one of the following methods:

(a1) Distribution of Spirituous Liquor; No Discrimination.--The Commission shall make a good-faith effort, without discrimination, to make all spirituous liquor distributed by the Commission available to all local boards. The Commission shall adopt rules regarding the ordering of spirituous liquor by local boards and may suspend distribution to a local board of any limited product required to be recorded pursuant to subsection (a3) of this section for a violation of any rule concerning the ordering of the limited product.

(a2) Providing Ordering Advantage Prohibited.--A contractor that has entered into a contract pursuant to this section shall not directly or indirectly provide information to a local board which gives any advantage to one board over another board concerning product selection, availability, or otherwise obtaining spirituous liquor distributed by the Commission. Any violation of this subsection by the contractor, an employee of the contractor, or any person working in concert with the contractor shall be grounds for the Commission to terminate the contract.

(a3) Limited Product Record Required; Transparency.--The Commission shall maintain a record of all products that the Commission either (i) limits distribution of due to limited availability or (ii) allocates the distribution of to local boards. The record shall be updated at least monthly and made available to all local boards and shall include the following for all limited distribution or allocated products received by the Commission:

(b) Audits and Inspections.--Contracts entered into pursuant to this section shall provide all of the following:

(c) Emergency or Temporary Operation.--If the independent operator of a warehouse changes, or if some other occurrence results in substantially impeded distribution of spirituous liquor from a warehouse, the Commission may operate that warehouse on an interim emergency or temporary basis.

(d) Rules.--The Commission may adopt rules regarding warehouse operations, and violations of those rules by a party with whom the Commission contracts shall be grounds for termination by the Commission of a contract entered into under this section.