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| (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an organization or business may qualify for the issuance of such permits if:
(1) the applicant is an organization or business that is located east of the intracoastal waterway in an area of the county that adjoins a county that has passed a referendum authorizing the issuance of permits pursuant to Section 61-5-180 and has annual accommodations tax collections in excess of six million dollars;
(2) the annual accommodations tax collections in the county where the applicant is located exceeds five hundred thousand dollars; and
(3) a majority of the qualified electors of the area vote in a referendum in favor of the issuance of the permits. The petition must clearly identify the area of the county for which the referendum is sought. The county election commission shall conduct a referendum upon petition of at least ten percent but not more than twenty-five hundred qualified electors of the area for which the authorization to issue permits is sought. The county election commission shall review and certify that the requisite number of signatures has been obtained within a reasonable period of time after receipt not to exceed thirty days and the referendum must be held not less than thirty nor more than forty days after such certification. The election commission shall cause a notice to be published in a newspaper circulated in the area of the county for which authorization to issue a permit is sought at least seven days before the referendum. The state election laws shall apply to the referendum mutatis mutandis. The election commission shall publish the results of the referendum and certify them to the Department of Revenue. The question on the ballot shall read substantially as follows:
`Shall the Department of Revenue be authorized to issue temporary permits in the (portion of the unincorporated area of the county) for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours to allow the possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors in sealed containers of two ounces or less to bona fide nonprofit organizations and business establishments otherwise authorized to be licensed for sales?'
A referendum for this purpose for a given county area may not be held more
often than once in forty-eight months. However, nothing in this section shall
be construed to affect a referendum held pursuant to Section 61-5-180.
Amend title to conform.
Senator RANKIN explained the amendment.
On motion of Senator SALEEBY, the Bill was carried over.
H. 3787 -- Reps. Richardson, Cotty, Rice, Cobb-Hunter, Keyserling, J. Brown, Worley, S. Whipper, Limehouse, Moody-Lawrence, Byrd, Shissias, Herdklotz, Lloyd, D. Smith, Wilkes, Mason and Thomas: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 12-33-210, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES FOR PURPOSES OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR PRORATED LICENSES; TO REPEAL SECTION 12-33-220, RELATING TO AN OBSOLETE PROVISION ALLOWING PRORATION OF LICENSES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR REFUNDS IN CASES OF CERTAIN LICENSES ISSUED AFTER NOVEMBER, 1994.
Senator SALEEBY asked unanimous consent to take the Bill up for immediate consideration.
There was no objection.
The Senate proceeded to a consideration of the Bill. The question being the third reading of the Bill.
Senator SALEEBY proposed the following amendment (BBM\10348JM.95), which was adopted:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 2, by striking SECTION 2 and inserting:
/SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(1) all biennial licenses and permits granted pursuant to Title 61 of the 1976 Code shall be for a period of one year only and not longer;
(2) the Code Commissioner is authorized and directed, in keeping with the provisions of item (1) of this section, to conform any statutory law necessary to reflect an annual period for these licenses and permits and shall delete the words "biennial" and "biennially" in this context and replace them with the words "annual" and "annually". Further, the
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor./
Amend title to conform.
Senator GREG SMITH proposed the following amendment (3787R002.GS), which was adopted:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/SECTION 1. Section 12-33-210 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 501 of 1992, is further amended by adding at the end:
"A person who initially applies for a license after the first day of a license period shall pay license fees in accordance with the schedule provided in Section 61-5-80(B)."
SECTION 2. Section 61-1-105 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 61-1-105. If a biennial licensee or permittee under this title closes the licensed or permitted business for loss of the business lease or due to fire or other natural disaster or dies within for any reason during the first year of the biennial license or permit year period, the licensee or permittee or his estate must be refunded the amount of the license or permit fee attributable to the second year of the biennial license or permit year period. No licensee or permittee is eligible for a refund under the provisions of this section if the license or permit has been canceled, relinquished, or revoked as a result of an enforcement action or a failure to adhere to the conditions of the license or permit."
SECTION 3. Section 61-3-710 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 1583, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 61-3-710. (A) Licenses issued under this chapter expire biennially according to the county where the licensed location is situated. The expiration dates are the last day of:
(1) February in years which end in an:
(a) odd number for Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, and Berkeley counties;
(b) even number for Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, and Williamsburg counties;
(2) May in years which end in an:
(a) odd number for Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon,
Fairfield, Florence, and Horry counties;
(3) August in years which end in an:
(a) odd number for Calhoun, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg, and Sumter counties;
(b) even number for Richland County;
(4) November in years which end in an:
(a) odd number for Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenville, and Greenwood counties;
(b) even number for Laurens, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, and Spartanburg counties.
(B) (1) Licensees in Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Calhoun, Edgefield, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg, and Sumter counties shall obtain a one-year license in 1992. Beginning in 1993 these licensees shall obtain a biennial license.
(2) Licensees in Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro, Union, Williamsburg, and York counties whose license expires in 1993 shall obtain a one-year license. Beginning in 1994 these licensees shall obtain a biennial license.
(3) Licensees located in counties not provided in item (1) or (2) whose license expires in 1992 or 1993 shall obtain a biennial license upon their first license renewal or registration after June 30, 1992.
(C) The department shall prorate license fees for license years 1992-94 according to the time the licenses are valid."
SECTION 4. Section 61-5-70 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 1584, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 61-5-70. (A) Licenses issued under this article expire biennially according to the county where the licensed location is situated. The expiration dates are the last day of:
(1) February in years which end in an:
(a) odd number for Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, and Berkeley counties;
(b) even number for Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, and Williamsburg counties;
(2) May in years which end in an:
(a) odd number for Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Florence, and Horry counties;
(b) even number for Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro, Union, and York
counties;
(a) odd number for Calhoun, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg, and Sumter counties;
(b) even number for Richland County;
(4) November in years which end in an:
(a) odd number for Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenville, and Greenwood counties;
(b) even number for Laurens, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee,
Pickens, Saluda, and Spartanburg counties.
(B) (1) Licensees in Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Calhoun, Edgefield,
Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg, and Sumter counties shall
obtain a one-year license in 1992. Beginning in 1993 these licensees shall
obtain a biennial license.
(2) Licensees in Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro, Union, Williamsburg, and York counties whose license expires in 1993 shall obtain a one-year license. Beginning in 1994 these licensees shall obtain a biennial license.
(3) Licensees in counties not provided in item (1) or (2) whose license expires in 1992 or 1993 shall obtain a biennial license upon their first license renewal or registration after June 30, 1992.
(C) The department shall prorate license fees for license years 1992-94
according to the time the license is valid."
SECTION 5. Chapter 5, Title 61 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 61-5-185. (A) Permits authorized by Section 61-5-180 may be
issued to bona fide nonprofit organizations and businesses established and
licensed under Section 61-5-50, upon application and payment of the filing and
permit fees, as authorized in subsection (B).
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an organization or business may qualify for the issuance of such permits if:
(1) the applicant is an organization or business that is located east of the intracoastal waterway in an area of the county that adjoins a county that has passed a referendum authorizing the issuance of permits pursuant to Section 61-5-180 and has annual accommodations tax collections in excess of six million dollars;
(2) the annual accommodation tax collections in the county where the applicant is located exceeds five hundred thousand dollars; and
(3) a majority of the qualified electors of the area vote in a referendum in favor of the issuance of the permits. The petition must clearly identify the area of the county for which the referendum is sought.
`Shall the Department of Revenue be authorized to issue temporary permits in the (portion of the unincorporated area of the county) for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours to allow the possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors in sealed containers of two ounces or less to bona fide nonprofit organizations and business establishments otherwise authorized to be licensed for sales?'
A referendum for this purpose for a given county area may not be held more often than once in forty-eight months. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect a referendum held pursuant to Section 61-5-180.
The expenses of any such referendum must be paid by the county or municipality conducting the referendum."
SECTION 6. Section 61-9-310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 1586, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 61-9-310. (A) Every person engaging in the business of selling beer, ale, porter, wine, or a beverage which has been declared to be nonalcoholic and nonintoxicating under Section 61-9-10 shall apply to the department for a permit to sell these beverages. Each applicant shall pay a filing fee of two hundred dollars which is not refundable. Retail dealers shall pay to the department four hundred dollars biennially for retail permits, and wholesale dealers shall pay to the department two thousand dollars biennially for wholesale permits. Separate permits are required for each separate place of business.
(B) All permits issued under this chapter expire biennially according to the
county where the place of business is situated. The expiration dates are:
(a) odd number for Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, and Berkeley counties;
(b) even number for Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, and Williamsburg counties;
(2) the last day of May in years which end in an:
(a) odd number for Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Florence, and Horry counties;
(b) even number for Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro, Union, and York counties;
(3) the last day of August in years which end in an:
(a) odd number for Calhoun, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg, and Sumter counties;
(b) even number for Richland County;
(4) the last day of November in years which end in an:
(a) odd number for Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenville, and Greenwood counties;
(b) even number for Laurens, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, and Spartanburg counties.
(C) (1) Permittees in Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Calhoun, Edgefield, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Lee, Orangeburg, and Sumter shall obtain a one-year permit in 1992. Beginning in 1993 these permittees shall obtain a biennial permit.
(2) Permittees in Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro, Union, Williamsburg, and York counties whose permit expires in 1993 shall obtain a one-year permit. Beginning in 1994, these permittees shall obtain a biennial permit.
(3) Permittees in counties not provided in item (1) or (2) whose permit expires in 1992 or 1993 shall obtain a biennial permit upon their first permit renewal or registration after June 30, 1992.
(D) The department shall prorate permit fees for permit years 1992-94 according to the length of time the permit is valid.
(C) A person who initially applies for a permit after the first day of a permit period shall pay permit fees in accordance with the schedule provided in Section 61-5-80(B)."
SECTION 7. Section 12-33-220 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 8. Anyone who purchased a license on or after June 30, 1992, and
paid a full two-year fee for a partial period shall be reimbursed for the
portion not covered by a two-year period on a pro-rata basis.
There being no further amendments, the Bill was read the third time and ordered returned to the House of Representatives with amendments.
H. 3839 -- Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 34-3-540, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COPIES AND REPRODUCTIONS OF BANKING RECORDS AND THEIR ADMISSIBILITY INTO EVIDENCE, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH THESE RECORDS MAY BE COPIED AND REPRODUCED, TO REVISE THE ENTITIES TO WHICH THIS SECTION APPLIES, AND TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH COPIES AND REPRODUCTIONS OF THESE RECORDS MAY BE ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE.
The Senate proceeded to a consideration of the Bill. The question being the third reading of the Bill.
Senator LAND proposed the following amendment (PFM\7557BDW.95):
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to read:
/SECTION __. Section 44-2-20, as last amended by Section 80C, Part II, Act 497 of 1984, is amended by adding appropriately numbered items to read:
"( ) `Affiliate' means persons who are affiliates to each other if, directly or indirectly, either one controls or has the power to control the other or a third person controls or has the power to control both. Indicia of control include, but are not limited to, interlocking management or ownership, identity of interest among family members, shared facilities and equipment, common use of employees, or a business entity organized following the suspension, debarment, or exclusion of a person, under applicable regulation, where the person has the same or similar management, ownership, or principal employees as the suspended, debarred, or excluded person.
( ) `Familial relationship' means a connection or association by family or relatives, in which a family member or relative has a material interest.
( ) `Financial relationship' means a connection or association through a material interest or sources of income which exceed five percent of annual gross income from a business entity.
( ) `Related interest' means affiliated companies, principal owners of the client company, or any other party with which the client deals where one of the parties can influence the management or operation policies of the other."
SECTION __. Section 44-2-50(A) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 486 of 1988, is amended to read:
"(A) The department shall promulgate regulations relating to permitting, release detection, prevention, and correction applicable to all owners and operators of underground storage tanks as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. The department in these regulations may distinguish between types and classes of underground storage tanks. The regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall must include the following requirements for underground storage tanks:
(1) requirements for submitting a permit application and obtaining permits prior to before the installation and operation of an underground storage tank;
(2) requirements for maintaining a leak detection system, an inventory control system together with tank testing, or a comparable system or method designed to identify releases in a manner consistent with the protection of human health and the environment;
(3) requirements for maintaining records of any monitoring or leak detection system or inventory control system or tank testing or comparable system;
(4) requirements for reporting of releases and corrective action taken in response to a release from an underground storage tank;
(5) requirements for taking corrective action in response to a release from
an underground storage tank. The requirements mandated by this item, other
than necessary abatement actions to eliminate any imminent threat to human
health, safety, or the environment a release may pose, do not apply to a person
who, without participating in the management of an underground storage tank and
is otherwise not engaged in petroleum
(6) requirements for the closure of tanks to prevent future releases of regulated substances into the environment."
SECTION __. Section 44-2-80 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 486 of 1988, is amended to read:
"Section 44-2-80. (A) Any person who releases a regulated substance from an underground storage tank shall immediately shall undertake to contain, remove, and abate the release to the satisfaction of the department. However, the undertaking to contain, remove, or abate a release must not be considered an admission of responsibility for the release by the person taking the action. Notwithstanding this requirement, the department may undertake the removal of the abatement measures and other site rehabilitation actions in response to a release and may contract and retain agents who shall operate under the discretion of the department if a responsible party is unwilling or unable to conduct the cleanup site rehabilitation.
(B) The requirement to conduct site rehabilitation actions other than necessary abatement actions to eliminate any imminent threat to human health, safety, or the environment a release may pose, do not apply to a person who, without participating in the management of an underground storage tank and is otherwise not engaged in petroleum production, refining, and marketing, holds indicia of ownership primarily to protect that person's security interest in the tank. The indicia of ownership do not include persons who acquire title to the property through foreclosure or other means necessary to enforce the security interests and who, without participating in the management, are otherwise not engaged in petroleum production, refining, and marketing.
(C) A person who acquires title to any property on which an underground storage tank has been removed is not responsible for site rehabilitation actions other than necessary abatement actions to eliminate any imminent threat to human health, safety, or the environment. This exemption applies to the extent the release is eligible for compensation from the Superb Account if both of the following conditions are met:
(1) The person does not have or has not had any familial, financial, or related interest with the person who owned or operated the underground
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