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SC Code § 61-6-1510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1510. Separate store or place of business; advertising encouraging underage drinking.

 A retail dealer must maintain a separate store or place of business with not more than two means of public ingress or egress which must be on the front or the same side of the building, except that the doors may be located at the corner of two adjacent sides of the building. One additional door, not in the front, is allowed to be used solely for the receipt of commercial deliveries and as an emergency exit.  Retail dealers are prohibited from using in an advertisement for alcoholic liquor or wine a subject matter, language, or slogans addressed to and intended to encourage persons under twenty-one years of age to purchase or drink alcoholic liquor or wine.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 70, Section 10.
SC Code § 61-6-1530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1530. Signs required to be posted.

 A retail dealer must have posted in his place of business signs with the following words printed thereon:  (1) "The possession of beer, wine, or alcoholic liquors, by a person under twenty-one years of age is a criminal offense under the laws of this State, and it is also unlawful for a person to knowingly give false information concerning his age for the purpose of purchasing beer, wine, or liquor". The department must prescribe by regulation the size of the lettering and the location of the sign on the seller's premises.  A retail seller of alcoholic liquors who fails to display this sign is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. A person found guilty of a violation of Section 61-4-70 and this subsection may not be sentenced under both Section 61-4-70 and this subsection for the same offense.  (2) "A person may transport alcoholic liquors to and from a place where alcoholic liquors may be lawfully possessed or consumed; but if the cap or seal on the container has been opened or broken, it is unlawful to transport alcoholic liquors in a motor vehicle, except in the luggage compartment or cargo area". The size of the lettering and approved locations on the retail dealer's premises must be provided for by rules and regulations of the department.  (3) "The purchase of alcoholic liquors from this location by or on behalf of another retail dealer is unlawful and will result in the suspension of the purchaser's retail dealer's license". The department must prescribe by regulation the size of the lettering and the location of the sign on the seller's premises.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 223 (H.3512), Section 4, eff July 1, 2014.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 223, Section 4, added paragraph (3).
SC Code § 61-6-1550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1550. Carriers engaged in interstate travel.

 The restrictive provisions of this article relating to retail dealers do not apply to sales of alcoholic liquors by railroad, Pullman, or airline companies to passengers on interstate trains or aircraft for consumption thereon; and to this end, these sales are permitted.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-6-1555 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1555. Purchase and use of beer, wine, and alcoholic liquor directly from wholesaler by airline companies; penalties.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an airline company may purchase beer, wine, and alcoholic liquor directly from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to the provisions of Section 61-4-520(3) or Section 61-6-100(2). A wholesaler may sell and deliver beer, wine, and alcoholic liquor to an airline company for use on the company's airplanes. A person other than an airline passenger who uses beer, wine, or alcoholic liquor purchased pursuant to the provisions of this section for another purpose other than the sale or use by the airline company on its airplanes is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Each violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 267, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-6-1560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1560. Discounts on alcoholic liquors or nonalcoholic items.

 (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.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 335, Section 2; 2014 Act No. 223 (H.3512), Section 1, eff July 1, 2014.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 223, Section 1, added the subsection (A) designator; in subsection (A), added ", listed in Section 61-6-1540(A),"; and added subsection (B).
SC Code § 61-6-1600 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1600. Nonprofit organizations; time when sale of alcoholic beverages prohibited.

 (A) A nonprofit organization which is licensed by the department pursuant to the provisions of this article may sell alcoholic liquors by the drink. A member or guest of a member of a nonprofit organization may consume alcoholic liquors sold by the drink upon the premises between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and two o'clock the following morning.  (B) An employee or agent of an establishment licensed as a nonprofit organization is prohibited from selling, making available for sale, or permitting the consumption of alcoholic liquors on the licensed premises between the hours of two o'clock in the morning and ten o'clock in the morning. A violation of this provision is a violation against the organization's license.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 70, Section 11; 2005 Act No. 139, Section 15.
SC Code § 61-6-1620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1620. Possession or consumption of alcoholic liquors on premises open to public.

 (A) This article authorizes the possession or consumption of alcoholic liquors on premises open to the general public for which a license has been obtained pursuant to Sections 61-6-1600 or 61-6-1610.  (B) Alcoholic liquors may be possessed or consumed in separate and private areas of an establishment whether or not the establishment includes premises which are licensed pursuant to Sections 61-6-1600 or 61-6-1610, where specific individuals have leased these areas for a function not open to the general public.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 139, Section 15.
SC Code § 61-6-1630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1630. License restriction; retail dealer; liquor by the drink licensee.

 A person licensed to sell alcoholic liquor by the drink for on-premises consumption must not be licensed as a retail dealer on the same premises.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 139, Section 15.
SC Code § 61-6-1636 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1636. Purchasing and sale of alcoholic liquor by the drink.

 (A) 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 or from a licensed wholesaler, as provided in subsection (C), in any size bottle, except 1.75 liter sized bottles.  (B) 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 sized bottles, to a person licensed by this article to sell alcoholic liquors for on-premises consumption.  (C)(1) For the purposes of this subsection, "new alcoholic liquor" means alcoholic liquor not previously sold in this State.  (2) A licensed wholesaler may deliver new alcoholic liquor to a person licensed by this article to sell alcoholic liquors for on-premises consumption:  (a) in sealed containers and in any sized bottle, except 1.75 liter sized bottles, and  (b) only during the first one hundred eighty days from the date of the first bill of lading in this State for that new alcoholic liquor.  (3) Within ten days of receipt of the first bill of lading, the licensed wholesaler must provide a copy of the bill of lading to the department in the manner prescribed by the department.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 139, Section 1; 2018 Act No. 147 (H.4729), Section 4, eff April 4, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2018 Act No. 147, Section 4, in (A), substituted "or from a licensed wholesaler, as provided in subsection (C), in any size bottle, except 1.75 liter sized bottles" for "in any size bottle, except 1.75 liter size bottles"; in (B), substituted "1.75 liter sized bottles" for "1.75 liter size bottles"; and added (C), relating to new alcoholic liquor.
SC Code § 61-6-1637 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1637. Substituting brands of alcoholic liquor.

 A person licensed pursuant to this article, including his agent, may not substitute another brand of alcoholic liquor in place of the brand specified by a customer unless the licensee or his agent has: (1) advised the customer that the desired brand is not available, and (2) received the customer's approval of substitution. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 139, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-6-1800 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1800. License required.

 No person, corporation, or organization for whose premises a license is required pursuant to subarticle 1 of this article may knowingly allow the possession or consumption of alcoholic liquors upon the premises unless a valid license issued pursuant to Section 61-6-1820 has been obtained and is properly displayed.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-6-1810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1810. Applications.

 (A) A person making application for a license under subarticle 1 of this article must submit his application to the department. The applicant must pay a nonrefundable filing fee of one hundred dollars which must accompany the initial application for each location. The department has exclusive authority in issuing, renewing, suspending, or revoking a license pursuant to the provisions of this article.  (B) Applications for licenses must also be accompanied by appropriate license fees payable to the department. License fees must be deposited with the State Treasurer or are refundable if a license is not issued. The schedule of fees for the license is:  (1) one thousand, five hundred dollars biennially for a nonprofit organization, as defined in Section 61-6-20(6);  (2) one thousand, five hundred dollars biennially for a business establishment, as described in Section 61-6-1610.  (C) A person who initially applies for a license after the first day of a license period must pay license fees in accordance with the schedule provided in this subsection. During the:  (1) first quarter of the license period: the entire fee;  (2) second quarter of the license period: three-fourths of the prescribed fee;  (3) third quarter of the license period: one-half of the prescribed fee;  (4) final quarter of the license year: one-fourth of the prescribed fee.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
SC Code § 61-6-1825 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1825. Protest of issuance or renewal of license; attendance at hearing; court costs; penalties.

 (A) A person residing in the county in which a license pursuant to the provisions of subarticle 1 of this article is requested to be granted, or a person residing within five miles of the location for which a permit pursuant to the provisions of subarticle 1 of this article is requested, may protest the issuance or renewal of the license if he files a written protest providing:  (1) the name, address, and telephone number of the person filing the protest;  (2) the name of the applicant for the license and the address of the premises sought to be licensed, or the name and address of the license holder if the application is for renewal;  (3) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; and  (4) whether or not he wishes to attend a contested case hearing before the Administrative Law Court.  (B) Upon receipt of a timely filed protest, the department must determine the protestant's intent to attend a contested hearing before the Administrative Law Court. If the protestant intends to attend a contested hearing, the department must not issue the permanent license but must forward the file to the Administrative Law Court.  (C) If the protestant during the investigation expresses no desire to attend a contested hearing and offer testimony, the protest is deemed invalid, and the department shall continue to process the application and shall issue the license if all other statutory requirements are met.  (D) A person who files a protest and fails to appear at a hearing after affirming a desire to attend the hearing may be assessed a penalty to include court costs.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 363, Section 3; 2005 Act No. 139, Section 16.
SC Code § 61-6-1830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-1830. Suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal of license.

 The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license issued pursuant to subarticle 1 of this article upon finding that:  (1) the applicant no longer meets the requirements of Section 61-6-1820; or  (2) the applicant has violated since the issuance of the license any regulation; or  (3) the applicant has violated since the issuance of the license any provision of the ABC Act; or  (4) the applicant permits entertainment on the licensed premises where a person is in a state of undress so as to expose the human male or female genitals, pubic area, or buttocks cavity with less than a full opaque covering.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.  Subarticle 5  Temporary Licenses  Editor's Note  2005 Act No. 139, Section 25, provides as follows:  "This act establishes a license to sell alcoholic liquors by the drink. All statutes and regulations applicable to minibottle licenses or permits or applications for licenses or permits apply to licenses or permits for alcoholic liquors by the drink. All minibottle licenses or permits in effect before the effective date of this act are considered to be licenses or permits to sell alcoholic liquors by the drink after the effective date of this act through the expiration of the license or permit."
SC Code § 61-6-2000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-2000. Temporary permits for nonprofit organizations; criminal background checks.

 (A) In addition to the licenses authorized pursuant to the provisions of subarticle 1 of this article, the department also may issue a temporary license to a nonprofit organization, as defined in Section 61-6-20, which authorizes that nonprofit organization to purchase and to sell alcoholic liquors by the drink for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours at a single social occasion. The nonprofit organization may sell tickets for the social occasion to nonmembers. Notwithstanding another provision of this article, the issuance of this license authorizes the nonprofit organization to purchase alcoholic liquors from licensed retail dealers in the same manner that a person with a biennial license issued pursuant to subarticle 1 of this article purchases its alcoholic liquors. The department shall charge a nonrefundable filing fee of thirty-five dollars for processing each event on the application. The temporary license application must include a statement by the applicant as to the nature and date of the special function at which the alcoholic liquors are to be sold. The department in its discretion may specify the terms and conditions of the license, pursuant to existing statutes and regulations governing these applications.  (B) The department shall require the applicant to obtain a criminal background check conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division within ninety days prior to an application. The department shall deny the application if the criminal records check is not submitted with the application and filing fee or if it was obtained more than ninety days before.  (C) The department shall require the applicant to complete the law enforcement notification contained in an application form and submit it with the application. The law enforcement notification provision shall be prepared by the department for inclusion in the application and, at a minimum, must contain sufficient information to inform the department that either the chief of police, if the event is located within the city limits, or the county sheriff has been notified of the temporary license application and given an opportunity to object.  (D) The department may issue up to twenty-five temporary licenses on one application for special functions in a twelve-month period to the same nonprofit organization. This does not prohibit the nonprofit organization from applying for additional temporary licenses within the same twelve-month period.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 139, Section 17; 2006 Act No. 386, Section 47; 2010 Act No. 259, Section 3, eff June 11, 2010; 2011 Act No. 67, Section 5.B, eff July 1, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote this section.  The 2011 amendment rewrote subsections (A) through (C).
SC Code § 61-6-2005 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-2005. Temporary retail liquor license upon purchase or acquisition of business.

 (A) A person who purchases or acquires by lease, inheritance, divorce decree, eviction, or otherwise a retail business which sells alcoholic liquors by the drink from a holder of a license to sell alcoholic liquors by the drink at the business, upon initiating the application process for a permanent license, may be issued a temporary license by the department at the time of the purchase or acquisition if the location for which the temporary license is sought is not considered by the department to be a public nuisance, and the applicant:  (1) currently holds a valid license to sell alcoholic liquors by the drink; or  (2) has had a criminal history background check conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division within the past thirty days.  (B) A temporary license issued pursuant to subsection (A) is valid until a permanent license is approved or disapproved by the department, but in no case is it valid for more than one hundred twenty days from the date of issuance.  (C) Notwithstanding subsection (B), the department may revoke a temporary license if the applicant fails to pursue the permanent license in a timely manner, as set forth by the department by regulation.  (D) The department shall collect a fee of twenty-five dollars for each temporary license sought. The funds generated by this fee must be deposited in the general fund of the State.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 58B; 1998 Act No. 442, Section 5C; 2005 Act No. 139, Section 18.
SC Code § 61-6-2015 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-2015. Temporary permit to sell beer and wine for on-premises consumption; terms; qualifications

 (A) A temporary permit to sell beer and wine for on- premises consumption for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours without regard to the days or hours of these sales is hereby authorized. This permit may be issued by the department for the same fees provided in Section 61-4-500 for a retail beer and wine permit, including an application fee. This permit shall be considered a biennial temporary permit, and may be issued to those holders of a permit to sell beer and wine for off-premises consumption during periods other than Sunday who have within the licensed premises a separate food service establishment serving prepared food for on- premises consumption. The permit to sell beer and wine for on-premises consumption during the twenty-four hour period shall apply only to this separate food-service establishment.  (B) The department may require such proof of qualifications for the issuance of these permits as it considers necessary, and these permits may be issued only to qualified applicants located in a county or municipality which pursuant to Section 61-6-2010 has successfully held a referendum allowing the possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours.  HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 67, Section 3, eff June 17, 2011.
SC Code § 61-6-2200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-2200. Age of server.

 A person may not serve or deliver to a purchaser alcoholic liquors by the drink in a business where these sales are authorized unless the person is eighteen years of age or older; nothing contained in this section may be construed as allowing bartenders under the age of twenty-one.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 139, Section 20.
SC Code § 61-6-2220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act|Section 61-6-2220. Sales to intoxicated persons.

 A person or establishment licensed to sell alcoholic liquors or liquor by the drink pursuant to this article may not sell these beverages to persons in an intoxicated condition; these sales are considered violations of the provisions thereof and subject to the penalties contained herein.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 139, Section 20.