South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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H. 4675

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Herbkersman
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7521ahb08.doc

Introduced in the House on February 12, 2008
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Alcohol tasting

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/12/2008  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-9
   2/12/2008  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-9
   2/19/2008  House   Recalled from Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-13
   2/19/2008  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-13

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/12/2008

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 61-4-360 SO AS TO ALLOW LIMITED ON-PREMISES AND OFF-PREMISES TASTINGS, AND TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS ON THE SALE, PURCHASE, AND TRANSPORT OF BEER BY PRODUCERS.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 3, Chapter 4, Title 61 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 61-4-360.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, a producer who holds a valid certificate of registration issued by the State may:

(1)    import, manufacture, distill, rectify, blend, denature, and store beer with an alcohol content greater than seventeen percent;

(2)    sell beer produced pursuant to item (1) to a wholesaler licensed by the State and transport this beer produced pursuant to item (1) out of state for sale outside of the State;

(3)    purchase beer from licensed sources both inside and outside of the State for blending and manufacturing purposes; and

(4)    permit tasting of the beer produced pursuant to item (1) and offered for retail sale at the onsite-licensed premises and one other offsite-licensed premises owned or leased by the producer."

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

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