H*3086(Rat #0350, Act #0304 of 2000)  General Bill, By Wilder
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-180, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR BEER OR WINE PERMITS AND ALCOHOLIC
 LIQUOR LICENSES, SO AS TO REVISE THE NEWSPAPER NOTICE AND NOTICE POSTING
 REQUIREMENTS.

   12/09/98  House  Prefiled
   12/09/98  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   01/12/99  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-34
   01/12/99  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-34
   05/18/99  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary HJ-4
   05/19/99  House  Debate adjourned HJ-75
   05/20/99  House  Amended HJ-21
   05/20/99  House  Read second time HJ-23
   05/25/99  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-178
   05/26/99  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7
   05/26/99  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-7
   05/04/00  Senate Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-6
   05/16/00  Senate Amended SJ-20
   05/16/00  Senate Read second time SJ-20
   05/17/00  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-25
   05/23/00  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-93
   05/25/00         Ratified R 350
   05/30/00         Signed By Governor
   06/12/00         Effective date 05/30/00; This act applies with
                     respect to license applications filed on and
                     after the effective date
   06/12/00         Copies available
   06/12/00         Act No. 304

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-180, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR BEER OR WINE PERMITS AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR LICENSES, SO AS TO REVISE THE NEWSPAPER NOTICE AND NOTICE POSTING REQUIREMENTS.

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

Notice requirements revised

SECTION 1. Section 61-6-180 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 61-6-180. (A) A person who intends to apply for a license under this article or Article 7 of this chapter must advertise at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulated nearest to the proposed location of the business and most likely to give notice to interested citizens of the county, city, and community in which the applicant proposes to engage in business. The department must determine which newspapers meet the requirements of this section based on available circulation figures and the proposed location of the business. However, if a newspaper is published in the county and historically has been the newspaper where the advertisements are published, the advertisements published in that newspaper meet the requirements of this section. The notice must be in the legal notice section of the paper or in an equivalent section if the newspaper has no legal notice section, be in large type, cover a space one column wide and not less than two inches deep, and state the type of license applied for, and the exact location at which the proposed business is to be operated. An applicant for a beer or wine permit and an alcoholic liquor license may use the same advertisement for both if the advertisement is approved by the department.

(B) Notice also must be given by displaying a sign for fifteen days at the site of the proposed business. The sign must:

(1) state the type of license sought;

(2) state where an interested person may protest the application;

(3) be in bold type;

(4) cover a space at least twelve inches wide and eighteen inches high; and

(5) be posted and removed by an agent of the division.

The provisions of this section requiring publication of notice do not apply to a person licensed under the provisions of this article or Article 7 of this chapter when the licensee applies to the department for a renewal of his license to engage in the same business at the same location."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies with respect to license applications filed on and after that date.

Ratified the 25th day of May, 2000.

Approved the 30th day of May, 2000.