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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 55-9-235 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR BY THE DRINK THROUGHOUT THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SCREENED PORTION OF QUALIFYING SOUTH CAROLINA AIRPORTS.

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

SECTION 1.   Chapter 9, Title 55 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

   Section 55-9-235.   (A) During the hours of airport operation, any business establishment or concessionaire operating in the Transportation Security Administration screened portion of Charleston International Airport, Columbia Metropolitan Airport, Florence Regional Airport, Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, or Myrtle Beach International Airport, may upon the written approval of the respective airport authority, sell alcoholic liquor by the drink to a person twenty-one years of age or older, for consumption throughout the establishment's or concessionaire's respective airport terminal, provided that the establishment or concessionaire is licensed in South Carolina to sell alcoholic liquor by the drink for on premise consumption.

   (B) A person, twenty-one years of age or older, may purchase and consume alcoholic liquor by the drink throughout the interior of the Transportation Security Administration screened portion of the respective airport terminal provided that the purchase is from an approved business establishment or concessionaire licensed in South Carolina to sell alcoholic liquor by the drink for on premise consumption.

SECTION 2.   This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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