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SECTION 61-4-160: Discount pricing for on premises consumption.
No person who holds a biennial permit to sell beer or wine for on premises consumption may advertise, sell, or dispense these beverages for free, at a price less than one half of the price regularly charged, or on a two or more for the price of one basis. Beer or wine may be sold at a price less than the price regularly charged from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. only. The prohibition against dispensing the beverages for free does not apply to dispensing to a customer on an individual basis, to a fraternal organization in the course of its fund raising activities, to a person attending a private function on premises for which a biennial permit has been issued, or to a customer attending a function sponsored by the person who holds a biennial permit. However, no more than two functions may be sponsored each year, and must be authorized by the Department. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than $100 or imprisoned not less than three months, in the discretion of the court. A person found guilty of a violation of Section 61-6-4550 and this section may not be sentenced under both sections for the same offense.
It is unlawful for a wholesaler to purchase advertising for a retailer or to participate in a joint advertising campaign with a retailer. However, a brewer or wholesaler may advertise on a retailer’s premises and may purchase program advertising from a retailer at customary rates.
SECTION 61-6-1510: Separate store or place of business; signs.
Retail dealers are prohibited from using advertisements for alcoholic liquor or wine a subject matter, language, or slogans addressed to and intended to encourage persons under 21 years of age to purchase or drink alcoholic liquor or wine.
A.) It is unlawful for a person to advertise alcoholic liquors by means of billboards along public highways and streets by using any subject matter, language, or slogan addressed to and intended to encourage persons under 21 years of age to purchase or drink alcoholic liquors.
for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of $2,000 or imprisonment for two years.
A retail dealer may not: redeem proof-of-purchase certificates for any promotional item.
SECTION 61-6-1560: Discount of alcoholic liquor and nonalcoholic items at the register.
A.) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retail dealer, wholesaler, or producer may offer discounts on alcoholic liquors or nonalcoholic items, listed in Section 61-6-1540 (A), through the use of premiums, coupons, or stamps redeemable by mail.
B.) In addition to the provisions of subsection (A), a retail dealer may offer a discount on the sale of alcoholic liquor or nonalcoholic items, listed in Section 61-6-1540 (A), at the register through the use of premiums, coupons, or stamps, so long as all costs related to the discount, including, but not limited to, printing, redemption services, and the actual cost of the discount, are provided and borne only by the retail dealer and the discount is not prohibited by any federal law.
SECTION 61-6-2230: Drinking contests or games prohibited; definitions.
A.) No person licensed to sell alcoholic liquors or liquor by the drink pursuant to this article may knowingly conduct, operate, organize, promote, advertise, run, or participate in a “drinking contest” or “drinking game”.
B.) For purposes of this section, “drinking contest” or “drinking game” includes, but is not limited to: a contest, game, event, or other endeavor which encourages or promotes the consumption of alcoholic beverages by participants at extraordinary speed or in increased quantities or in more potent form. “Drinking contest” or “drinking game” does not include a contest, game, event, or endeavor in which alcoholic beverages are not used or consumed by participants as part of the contest, game, event, or endeavor but instead are used solely as a reward or prize. Selling alcoholic beverages in the regular course of business is not considered a violation of this section.
SECTION 61-6-1540: Non alcoholic merchandise.
lottery tickets under the provisions of Chapter 150 of Title 59.
Appealing the denial of a license/permit; or appealing a fine, suspension or revocation of your license/permit, from the Alcohol Beverage Licensing Section (ABL).
Any other reasons you would like ABL to consider.
After a review of your supporting facts and law, ABL may issue the license/permit, or choose to not impose a fine, suspension or revocation. ABL may also refer the matter to the Office of General Counsel for further review. If you do not respond to ABL's letter, as stated above, you will have no right for additional administrative review.
If you timely respond with a Letter of Protest, and ABL is still unable or unwilling to retract of modify its initial position, the Office of General Counsel will issue the Department's (Final) Determination regarding the matter. If you wish to contest the Department's Final Determination, you must request a hearing before the Administrative Law Court. Your request for a contested case hearing must be filed and served within 30 days of the date of Final Determination. Your request must be in accordance with the rules of the Administrative Law Court.
You must also send a copy of you Request for Contested Case Hearing to any other party to this action.
You may obtain forms and rules of the Administrative Law Court at: www.scalc.net/publications.htm. Call the Administrative Law Court at 803-734-0550.
In order to close your alcohol beverage license you must return the original license. Please attach the license to the account closing form (L-1278). In order to receive a refund of unused license fees, the license must be received by the Department of Revenue with at least a full year (12 months) remaining on the biennial license. (61-2-30). Licenses are not transferrable.
The Department of Revenue wants to inform you that your On-Premise Beer and Wine Permit (PBW) DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SUNDAY SALES TO-GO. There has been some confusion regarding whether Section 61-4-630 permits the sale of beer and wine for off premise consumption on Sundays. A PBW only allows you to sell beer and wine for ON and OFF premise consumption from Monday at sunrise through Saturday at 11:59 p.m.. (See S.C. Code Ann. Section 61-4-120, which provides that it is unlawful for a person to sell or offer for sale wine or beer in this State between the hours of twelve o'clock Saturday night and sunrise Monday morning). Section 61-4-630 provides an exception to Section 61-4-120. Specifically, Section 61-4-630 allows a holder of an On-Premise Beer and Wine Permit to sell beer and wine for CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISE on Sundays during the same hours authorized by permits issued under S.C. Code Ann. Section 61-6-2010 if the permit holder is in a county or municipality that has passed a favorable Local Option Permit (LOP) referendum (LOP holders are not permitted to sell liquor by the drink between the hours of 2 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Sunday). SECTION 61-4-630 DOES NOT PERMIT THE HOLDER OF A PBW TO SELL BEER AND WINE TO-GO ON SUNDAYS.
If you have a PBW and sell beer and/or wine to-go on Sundays, SLED will issue you a violation for selling beer on Sunday in violation of S.C. Code Ann. Section 61-4-120.
If you would like to sell beer and/or wine for on and off premise consumption seven days a week, you must be located in a county or municipality that has passed both the LOP and beer to-go referendums. If you are located in one of these counties or municipalities, then you must purchase a 7-Day On Premises Beer and Wine Permit (PO7). The PO7 has the same qualifications as an On-Premise Beer and Wine Permit (PBW) and the same fees associated with the 7-Day Off Premise Beer and Wine Permit (P7B). If you would like to know the specific hours of operation that are permitted by each type of license, please visit the Licenses tab.
§ 61-4-510 Special retail beer and wine permits.
On premises beer & wine (PBW) can sell beer and wine on Sunday from 12:00am until 2:00am and 10:00am until 11:59pm for consumption on the premises only.
§ 61-6-1610 Food-service establishments or places of lodging; Sunday and other time restrictions on sale of alcoholic beverages; refilling bottles.
Business (restaurant/hotel/motel) liquor by the drink (PLB) licensees can sell liquor by the drink Monday through Friday from 10:00am until 2:00am the next morning and on Saturday from 10:00am until 11:59pm. They can sell on Sundays if they have a Local Option Permit (LOP) (see § 61-6-2010 below).
§ 61-6-1600 Nonprofit organizations; time when sale of alcoholic beverages prohibited.
Nonprofit private club liquor by the drink (PLC) licensees can sell liquor by the drink seven days a week between 10:00am and 2:00am the next day.
§ 61-6-2010 Temporary permits upon referendum vote.
Business (restaurant/hotel/motel) liquor by the drink (PLB) licensees can obtain a Local Option Permit (LOP) to sell liquor by the drink on Sunday for on premise consumption. The Department has exercised its discretion to specify the following terms for the Local Option Permit (LOP) – liquor can only be sold on Sunday from 12:00am until 2:00am and 10:00am until 11:59pm.
§ 61-6-1500 Restrictions upon retail dealers; unlawful practices; penalties.
§ 61-6-4160 Sunday sales; Christmas Day sales; penalties.
Retail liquor stores (PRL) can only sell liquor for off premises consumption (to go) Monday through Saturday from 9:00am until 7:00pm.
A licensed retail dealer with a wholesaler's basic permit issued pursuant to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act may sell and deliver to a person licensed to sell alcoholic liquors for on-premises consumption Monday through Saturday from 9:00am until 7:00pm.
An establishment that has a separate food service establishment inside of it, such as a grocery store with a separate café inside, can obtain a special permit to allow on premises consumption of beer and wine 7-days a week in the separate food service establishment. The remainder of the establishment must already have either the regular Off Premises beer & wine permit (PBG) or the special 7-Day Off premises beer & wine permit (P7B).
Café area: Food service establishment (PFS) can sell for on premise consumption from Monday at sunrise until Sunday at 2:00am and Sunday from 10:00am until 11:59pm.
Remaining business area Off premises beer & wine (PBG) – can sell for off premises consumption (to go) from Monday at sunrise until Saturday at 11:59pm.
§ 61-4-725 Wine sales by temporary permit; authorized hours.
Licensed wineries in counties that allow liquor by the drink to be sold on Sunday can sell wine on Sunday for consumption on the premises from 12:00am until 2:00am and 10:00am until 11:59pm.
Retail liquor stores are required to display ABL- 570: Sales to Underage, ABL-563: Transporting Alcoholic Liquors and ABL-578: Purchase of Alcoholic Liquors.
Please note: a violation may be issued for failure to display the required sign(s).
SECTION 61-4-735: Regulation of practices between wine manufacturers, importers, wholesalers and retailers.
A.) Except as provided in Sections 61-4-720 and 61-4-730, a manufacturer of wine, vintner, winery, an entity, or a person who sells these products, or a person or entity who imports these products produced outside the United States must not sell, barter, exchange, transfer, or deliver for resale wine to a person not having a wholesale permit issued under Section 61-4-500, and a holder of a wholesale permit may not sell, barter, exchange, transfer, or deliver for resale wine to a person not having a retail or wholesale permit, unless that person is the American producer or the primary American source of supply of that wine as defined in Section 61-4-340.
B.) Except as provided in subsection, a manufacturer of wine, vintner, winery, importer, or wholesaler of wine, or a person acting on his behalf must not furnish, give, rent, lend, or sell, directly or indirectly, to the holder of a retail permit any equipment, fixtures, free wine, or service. The holder of a retail permit or a person acting on his behalf may not accept, directly or indirectly, any equipment, fixtures, free wine, or service referred to in this subsection from a manufacturer of wine, winery, importer, or wholesaler of wine, except as provided in subsection.
C.) A wholesaler may furnish at no charge to the holder of a retail permit draft wine equipment replacement parts of nominal value, including washers, gaskets, hoses, hose connectors, clamps, and tap markers, product displays as provided under 27 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 6.83 and point of sale advertising specialties. A wholesaler also may furnish the following services to a retailer: cleaning wine lines, rotating stock, affixing price tags to wine products, building wine displays, setting boxes, conduct not more than two wine tasting in accordance with department rulings or regulations, developing shelf schematics, stocking shelves, providing wine party wagon for temporary use, and assist in wine resets a maximum of three times a year for any store having a retail permit during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Resets are defined as being a change in the location of the wine department within a store or a rearrangement of the products on shelves within the store’s wine department, which involves more than one wholesalers’ products. All wholesalers shall be notified in writing of any resets being requested by a retail store at least fourteen days prior to the reset.
All beverages to be handled or sold by such a retail dealer must be purchased from licensed wholesalers and purchased on the same terms and conditions as do other retail dealers.
Sales of any product produced or distributed by the manufacturer or importer shall not exceed ten percent of the annual gross sales of beer or wine by the retail permit holder.
E.) A manufacturer, producer, importer, or wholesaler of wine may discount product price based on quantity purchases if all discounts are on price only, appear on the sales records, and are available to all retail customers.
F.) Nothing in this section shall affect or prohibit the ownership or the operation of a licensed winery in this State that produces, provides taste samples, sells, delivers, or ships domestic wine as authorized and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 61-4-720 and 61-4-730.
4.) Manufacturer: a person operating a plant or place of business in this State for distilling, rectifying, brewing, fermenting, blending, or bottling alcoholic liquors.
8.) Producer: as used in the ABC Act, is a manufacturer, distiller, rectifier, blender, or bottler of alcoholic liquors and includes an importer of alcoholic liquors engaged in importing alcoholic liquors into the United States.
11.) Retail dealer: is a holder of a license issued under the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter, other than a manufacturer or wholesaler.
12.) Wholesaler is a person who purchases, acquires, or imports from outside this State or who purchases or acquires from a manufacturer in the State alcoholic liquors for resale.
SECTION 61-6-100: Authority to issue, suspend and revoke licenses.
Retail dealers’ licenses which authorize the licensees to purchase alcoholic liquors from wholesalers having licenses issued under this article, and to store, keep, possess, and sell alcoholic liquors at retail for consumption in compliance with the provisions of the ABC Act and regulations not in conflict herewith.
SECTION 61-6-930: Revocation of wholesaler’s license.
The department must revoke the license of a wholesaler if proof is obtained that the wholesaler has a direct or an indirect interest in a retail store.
SECTION 61-6-1100: Restrictions upon manufacturers.
No manufacturer may own or operate more than one plant, establishment, or place of business for the manufacture of alcoholic liquors in any one county of this State, nor may he permit the drinking of alcoholic liquors on his premises.
SECTION 61-6-1300: Restrictions upon wholesalers.
redeem proof-of-purchase certificates for any promotional item.
SECTION 61-6-1636: Purchase by, and delivery to, liquor by the drink licensees.
A person licensed by this article for sale and use for on-premises consumption shall purchase alcoholic liquor for sale by the drink from a licensed retail dealer with a wholesaler's basic permit issued pursuant to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act in any size bottle, except 1.75 liter size bottles.
A licensed retail dealer with a wholesaler's basic permit issued pursuant to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act may deliver, in sealed containers, alcoholic liquor in any size bottle, except 1.75 liter size bottles, to a person licensed by this article to sell alcoholic liquors for on-premises consumption.
SECTION 61-6-2880: Interest in wholesale or retail liquor business.
No person having a direct or indirect interest in a wholesale or retail liquor business in this State may qualify as a producer representative.
SECTION 61-6-2910: Invoices covering shipments into State.
Before shipment into this State, the registered producer must mail to the department by first-class mail a correct and complete invoice listing in detail the items in the shipment by quantity, type, brand, size, price; the point of origin; and the point of destination. Before or at the time of shipment, a copy of the bill of lading must be forwarded to the department by first-class mail. Immediately upon acceptance of delivery of the shipment by the producer representative, the producer representative must furnish the department with a copy of the invoice covering the shipment with endorsement thereon showing the date, time, and place delivery was accepted.
SECTION 61-6-2920: Invoices covering shipments out of State or to wholesaler.
Before shipment to a wholesaler in this State or to any point outside the State, the producer representative must mail to the department a correct and complete copy of the invoice covering the shipment, listing the name and address of the consignee and, in detail, the items in the shipment by quantity, type, brand, size, and price. On all shipments to a point outside this State, the producer representative must at the time of shipment mail to the department a copy of the bill of lading.
SECTION 61-6-4050: Purchase from unlicensed retail dealer.
for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three hundred dollars or imprisonment for ninety days.
7-300.2: Purchases by Retail Dealer from Licensed Wholesaler Only; Purchases for Exclusive Use Prohibited.
No retail liquor dealer shall be permitted to purchase any alcoholic liquors except from a licensed wholesale dealer in this State. The purchase, or negotiation for purchase, of alcoholic liquors from without the State by a retail dealer is strictly forbidden. No wholesale liquor dealer shall be permitted to purchase alcoholic liquors for the exclusive use of any retailer.
I. General: The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of South Carolina laws regulating the possession and consumption of beer, wine, and liquor at unlicensed social functions. For purposes of this pamphlet, an unlicensed social function is an event of a noncommercial nature where admission is not charged, and beer, wine, or liquor is being consumed, but not sold, and the person having the function does not have a beer and wine permit or liquor license. A wedding reception where beer, wine, or liquor is being consumed is an example of an unlicensed social function. If you intend to charge admission to your function and include beer, wine or liquor in the price of admission, you must obtain a beer and wine permit or liquor license. You will also need to obtain an admissions tax license, and pay a tax of 5% of the price of the admission ticket. If you intend to charge for items or services and include beer, wine, or liquor in the charge for the items or services, you must obtain a beer and wine permit or liquor license. If you intend to charge for anything, be sure that you have first obtained a sales tax license from the SCDOR. If you wish to sell beer, wine, or liquor you need to first obtain the appropriate beer and wine permit or liquor license.
Persons attending the function may bring their own beer and/or wine. The person giving the function may furnish beer and/or wine at no charge, or without any consideration or form of payment for the beer and wine.
The beer or wine at the function must have been purchased from a licensed South Carolina retailer (§ 61-4-350).
In separate and private areas of an establishment where specific individuals have leased these areas for a function not open to the general public.
Arriving and departing persons should be aware that it is unlawful for any person to transport liquor in a motor vehicle if the cap or seal on the container has been opened or broken except in the luggage compartment or cargo area (§ 61-6-4020).
Warning: The possession or consumption of liquor at functions that do not comply with the requirements listed above is illegal. Persons found in possession of liquor under those circumstances could be charged with a crime. Upon conviction, a person can be fined up to $100 or imprisoned for not more than thirty days (§ 61-6-4710).
Unless the requirements listed below are met, it is unlawful to consume or to possess beer or wine in an open container between the hours of twelve o'clock Saturday night and sunrise Monday morning at a place licensed to sell beer and wine (§ 61-4-140). It is also unlawful to deliver beer or wine to a person from a place of business between the hours of twelve o'clock Saturday night and sunrise Monday morning (§ 61-4-130). If there is an unlawful delivery, all beer and wine on the premises becomes contraband and must be seized by law enforcement officers.
Warning: The possession or consumption of liquor at functions that do not comply with the requirements listed above is illegal. Persons found in possession of liquor under those circumstances could be charged with a crime. Upon conviction, a person can be fined up to $100 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days (§ 61-6-4710).
Warning: If all the above requirements are not followed, it is a crime to possess or consume beer or wine during restricted hours on premises licensed to sell beer and wine. Violators can be arrested, and the biennial beer and wine permit holder can be cited for a violation. It is also possible that all beer and wine on the premises may be confiscated.
The function must end by 2:00 AM Sunday morning. It is illegal to consume beer or wine or to possess open containers of beer or wine between the hours of 2:00 AM Sunday morning and sunrise Monday morning on premises licensed to sell beer and wine (§ 61-4-140 and SLED Regulation 7-14(C)).
Arriving and departing persons should be aware that it is unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession, except in the trunk or luggage compartment, beer or wine in an open container in a moving vehicle (§ 61-4-110).
and must have been purchased from a licensed South Carolina retailer (§ 61-6-2930).
The minibottle license holder can sell and deliver liquor in minibottles during those hours that his or her license authorizes sales.

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