South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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Bill 494


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-2010, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TEMPORARY PERMITS FOR THE POSSESSION, SALE, AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS BY THE DRINK, SO AS TO REDUCE THE APPLICATION FEE FOR THE FIFTY-TWO WEEK TEMPORARY PERMIT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 61-6-2010(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(A)    In addition to the provisions of Section 61-6-2000, the department may issue a temporary permit to allow the possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink. This permit is valid for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours and may be issued only to bona fide nonprofit organizations and business establishments otherwise authorized to be licensed for sales. The department shall charge a nonrefundable filing fee of one hundred dollars for processing each application and a daily permit fee of fifty dollars for each day for which a permit is approved. An application must be filed for each permit requested. The department must also must offer the option of an annual fifty-two week temporary permit for a nonrefundable fee of three thousand five hundred dollars per year. However, the optional fifty-two week permit must not extend beyond the expiration date of the biennial license issued pursuant to this chapter. If the expiration date is less than fifty-two weeks from the date of the application for the optional fifty-two week permit, the department must prorate the three thousand five hundred dollar fee on a monthly basis. The department in its sole discretion shall specify the terms and conditions of the permit."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect July 1, 2013.

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