Rep. SIMRILL proposes the following Amendment No. to H.5150 as Passed By The House

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EXPLANATION: Allow alcoholic liquor to be sold and consumed throughout the interior of the TSA screened portion of certain airport terminals.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 544, after line 16, by adding an appropriately numbered proviso to read:

/ (GP: Alcohol Consumption in Airport) During the hours of airport operation, approved airport concessionaires holding a valid South Carolina alcoholic liquor license for on premises consumption at the following airports: Charleston International, Columbia Metropolitan, Florence Regional, Greenville-Spartanburg International; Myrtle Beach International, and Hilton Head Island 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 interior of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened portion of the respective airport terminals.

A person, twenty-one years of age or older, may, from an approved concessionaire holding a valid South Carolina alcoholic liquor license for on premises consumption, purchase and consume alcoholic liquor by the drink throughout the interior of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened portion of the respective airport terminals. /

Amend totals and titles to conform.