Bill Text: SC H5233 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Wine
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [H5233 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-H5233-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 61-6-1645 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT HOLDS A VALID BEER AND WINE LICENSE AND A LICENSE TO SELL ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS BY THE DRINK MAY SELL WINE WHICH IS NOT IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-ONE PERCENT, AND FORTIFIED WINE TO BE CONSUMED ON AND OFF THE PREMISES; TO AMEND SECTION 61-4-570, RELATING TO WINE SERVICE FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT HOLDS A VALID BEER AND WINE LICENSE AND A LICENSE TO SELL ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS BY THE DRINK WHICH SELLS WINE NOT IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-ONE PERCENT ALSO MAY SELL FORTIFIED WINE TO BE CONSUMED ON AND OFF THE PREMISES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-20, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR "FORTIFIED WINE".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Subarticle 1, Article 5, Chapter 6, Title 61 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 61-6-1645. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an establishment that holds a valid beer and wine license and a license to sell alcoholic liquors by the drink may sell wine which is not in excess of twenty-one percent of alcohol by volume, and fortified wine as defined in Section 61-6-20, to be consumed on and off the premises."
SECTION 2. Section 61-4-570 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 61-4-570. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an establishment that holds a valid beer and wine license and a license to sell alcoholic liquors by the drink may sell wine which is not in excess of twenty-one percent of alcohol by volume, and fortified wine as defined in Section 61-6-20, to be consumed on and off the premises."
SECTION 3. Section 61-6-20 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 87 of 2013, is further amended by adding a new item at the end to read:
"( ) 'Fortified wine' is a wine to which alcoholic liquors have been added and which is not in excess of twenty-three percent of alcohol by volume."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
