Current Status Bill Number:3869 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950328 Primary Sponsor:Thomas All Sponsors:Thomas, Martin and Kelley Drafted Document Number:gjk\21596sd.95 Companion Bill Number:654 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 26 HLCI Subject:Alcoholic beverage permit, accommodations tax
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19950328 Introduced, read first time, 26 HLCI referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 61, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 61-5-185 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERMIT AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 61-5-180 MAY BE ISSUED TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES LOCATED EAST OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY IN A COUNTY THAT IS CONTIGUOUS TO A COUNTY THAT HAS ANNUAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX COLLECTIONS IN EXCESS OF SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND HAS PASSED A REFERENDUM AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS PURSUANT TO SECTION 61-5-180.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5, Title 61 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 61-5-185. (A) Permits authorized by Section 61-5-180 must be issued to bona fide, nonprofit organizations and businesses established and licensed under Section 61-5-50, as authorized in subsection (B), upon application and payment of the filing and permit fees.
(B) No organization or business may qualify for the issuance of such permits unless:
(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; and
(2) the annual accommodation tax collections in the county where the applicant is located exceeds five hundred thousand dollars."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.