Reference is to Printer's Date 3/20/14.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Chapter 4, Title 61 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 61-4-515.
(A) In addition to the licenses
authorized pursuant to the provisions of this article, the
department also may issue an annual license to the owner of a
motorsports entertainment complex or tennis specific complex
located in this State, or his designee, which authorizes the
purchase, sale, and consumption of beer and wine at any occasion
held on the grounds of the complex year round on any day of the
week. The fee for the annual license is one thousand dollars
with the revenue therefrom used for the purposes provided in
Section 61-4-510. Notwithstanding another provision of this
article, the issuance of this license authorizes the licensee to
purchase beer and wine from licensed wholesalers in the same
manner that a person with appropriate licenses issued pursuant
to this title purchases beer and wine from licensed wholesalers.
The department shall charge a nonrefundable filing fee of two
hundred dollars for processing the annual application. The
department in its discretion may specify the terms and
conditions of the license, pursuant to existing provisions of
law and regulations governing these applications.
(B) The department may
require such proof of qualifications for the issuance of these
licenses as it considers necessary, and these licenses may be
issued whether or not the motorsports entertainment complex is
located in a county or municipality which pursuant to Section
61-6-2010 has successfully held a referendum allowing the
possession, sale, and consumption of beer or wine or alcoholic
liquors by the drink for a period not to exceed twenty-four
hours.
(C) The owner or
designee of the motorsports entertainment complex may designate
particular areas within the complex where patrons of events who
have paid an admission price to attend or guests who are
attending private functions at the complex, whether or not a
charge for attendance is made, may possess and consume beer and
wine provided at their own expense or at the expense of the
sponsor of the private function.
(D) For purposes of
this section:
(1)
'Motorsports entertainment complex' has the same meaning
as provided in Section 12-21-2425.
(2)
'Tennis specific complex' means a tennis facility, and its
ancillary grounds and facilities, that satisfies all of the
following:
(a)
has at least ten thousand fixed seats for tennis
patrons;
(b)
hosted one Women's Tennis Association Premier tournament
in 2013 and continues to host at least one Women's Tennis
Association Premier tournament in each year, or any successor
Women's Tennis Association tournament; and
(c)
engages in tourism promotion."
SECTION 2. Chapter 6, Title 61 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 61-6-2016.
(A) In addition to the other
provisions of this chapter, the owner of a motorsports
entertainment complex or tennis specific facility which is
located in this State, or his designee, also may be issued, upon
application, an annual license that authorizes the purchase,
sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink at any
occasion held on the ground of the complex under the same terms
and conditions provided in Section 61-4-515, provided that if
the owner or his designee applies for both a license to
purchase, sell, and consume beer and wine and a license to
purchase, sell, and consume alcoholic liquors, only one fee is
required which must be the same as the fee for an annual
fifty-two week permit under Section 61-6-2010 with the revenue
therefrom used for the same purposes as provided in Section
61-6-2010.
(B) For purposes of
this section:
(1)
'Motorsports entertainment complex' has the same meaning
as provided in Section 12-21-2425.
(2)
'Tennis specific complex' means a tennis facility, and its
ancillary grounds and facilities, that satisfies all of the
following:
(a)
has at least ten thousand fixed seats for tennis
patrons;
(b)
hosted one Women's Tennis Association Premier tournament
in 2013 and continues to host at least one Women's Tennis
Association Premier tournament in each year, or any successor
Women's Tennis Association tournament; and
(c)
engages in tourism promotion."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.