Senate Amendment 37
H 5100 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Budget

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   AMENDMENT NO. _____

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Clerk of the Senate

   ADOPTION NO. _____

BILL NO: H.5100  (Reference is to Printer's Date 04/23/24-S.)

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 Senator HARPOOTLIAN proposes the following amendment (SA\5100C020.JN.SA24.DOCX):

 Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 109, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, page 508, after line 16, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

/ (DOR: Liquor Liability Insurance) An establishment that is licensed or permitted to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption whose premises remain open after five o'clock p.m. to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption is not required to maintain a liquor liability insurance policy or a general liability insurance policy with a liquor liability endorsement for a total coverage of at least one million dollars if the establishment is in compliance with the requirements of Article VIII-A of the South Carolina Constitution, which requires that an establishment engages primarily and substantially in the preparation and serving of meals, and seventy-five percent of the establishment's revenue is generated from the preparation and serving of meals. The Department of Revenue shall validate the source of revenue for purposes of this proviso. For the purposes of this proviso, "meals" means an occasion when a reasonably large amount of food is eaten during the day. /

 Amend sections, totals and title to conform.