Henderson County News: Moffitt's bill expanding outdoor alcohol use advances
House Bill 781, Bring Business Back to Downtown, generated much discussion before moving to the House Rules Committee. The bill has two parts, said Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Henderson, a primary sponsor. One, it would allow municipalities to install social districts. He pointed to the Streets at Southpoint in Durham as an example, where people would leave a restaurant and carry a cup of alcohol within a permitted area. The second aspect, Moffitt says, would allow bars and restaurants to, in effect, extend their premises, which the governor has temporarily allowed in an executive order after the ...