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Bill 1043

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1043
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000118
Primary Sponsor:                  Leventis
All Sponsors:                     Leventis
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1776dw00.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Date of Last Amendment:           20000323
Subject:                          Alcohol liquor retail establishments, 
                                  churches may waive distance requirement; 
                                  Charitable Organizations


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20000323  Amended, read second time
Senate  20000322  Committee report: Favorable with       11 SJ
                  amendment
Senate  20000118  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on March 22, 2000 - Word format
Revised on March 23, 2000 - Word format

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

March 23, 2000

S. 1043

S. Printed 3/23/00--S.

Read the first time January 18, 2000.

TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-120, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROXIMITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHMENTS AND PLACES OF BUSINESS WITH LIQUOR LICENSES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A CHURCH TO WAIVE THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 61-4-520(7) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(7) The department may consider, among other factors, as indications of unsuitable location, the proximity to residences, schools, playgrounds, and churches. In planned development districts, pursuant to Section 6-29-730(C)(4), the governing body of a church, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the governing body's membership, may waive the distance factor in this item for the location of the business applying for or renewing a license provided for in this article. This item does not apply to locations licensed before April 21, 1986."

SECTION 2. Section 61-6-120(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 458 of 1996, is further amended by adding the following paragraph at the end:

"In planned development districts, pursuant to Section 6-29-730(C)(4), the governing body of a church, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the governing body's membership, may waive the distance requirement of this subsection for the location of the business applying for or renewing a license provided for in this article."

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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