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H. 3747
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Gullick
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Introduced in the House on March 20, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Temporary alcohol permits
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/20/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-37 3/20/2007 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-37
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 61-6-2020 SO AS TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO ISSUE A TEMPORARY LICENSE TO ALLOW THE ON-PREMISES POSSESSION, SALE, AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS BY THE DRINK IN THOSE COUNTY AREAS WHICH COLLECT A MINIMUM OF FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ONE FISCAL YEAR IN REVENUES FROM THE STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX; AND TO AMEND SECTION 61-4-240, RELATING TO TEMPORARY PERMITS FOR THE POSSESSION, SALE, AND CONSUMPTION OF BEER OR WINE, SO AS TO REFERENCE SECTION 61-6-2020 TO ALLOW FOR TEMPORARY BEER AND WINE PERMITS UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Subarticle 5, Article 5, Chapter 6, Title 61 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 61-6-2020. (A) In addition to the licenses authorized pursuant to the provisions of this subarticle, the department also may issue a temporary license pursuant to the same procedures delineated in Section 61-6-2010 (A) and (B) to allow the on-premises possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink in those county areas, as defined in Section 6-4-5(1), which collect a minimum of four hundred fifty thousand dollars in one fiscal year in revenues from the accommodations tax provided for in Section 12-36-2630(3) and imposed in Section 12-36-920(A).
(B) After a county area has collected a minimum of four hundred fifty thousand dollars in one fiscal year in revenues from the accommodations tax provided for in Section 12-36-2630(3) and imposed in Section 12-36-920(A), the county area is considered to have met the requirements of this section and continues to do so automatically from year to year irrespective of whether revenues collected fall below four hundred fifty thousand dollars in a subsequent year."
SECTION 2. Section 61-4-240 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 415 of 1996, is amended to read:
"Section 61-4-240. Temporary permits for the possession, consumption, and sale of beer or wine may be issued pursuant to Sections 61-4-550, 61-6-500, 61-6-510, 61-6-2000, or 61-6-2010, or 61-6-2020, as appropriate, and in accordance with these statutes."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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