CHAPTER 194
(SB 162)
Farm wineries may hold off-sale wine license.
ENTITLED, An Act to
permit farm wineries to hold an off-sale package wine license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section
1.
That
§
35-4-2
be amended to read as follows:
35-4-2.
Classes of licenses, with the fee of each class, follow:
(1)
Distillers ---- four thousand dollars. However, no license fee is required for
manufacturers of alcohol for use in industry as a nonbeverage. If such manufacturer of
industrial alcohol shall at any time manufacture, produce, distill, sell, barter
,
or dispose
of alcohol for any use other than an industrial use, the license fee required by this section
shall be allocated to and payable for the portion of the year the manufacturer devoted
to such other use for each calendar month or fraction thereof while so engaged, but in
no case less than one-twelfth of said license fee;
(2)
Wholesalers of alcoholic beverages ---- five thousand dollars;
(3)
Off-sale ---- not to exceed five hundred dollars in municipalities of the first class, four
hundred dollars in municipalities of the second class, and three hundred dollars in
municipalities of the third class;
(4)
On-sale ---- in municipalities of various classes: municipalities of the first class, not less
than one dollar for each person residing within the municipality as measured by the last
preceding federal census, the renewal fee for such license is fifteen hundred dollars;
municipalities of the second class, no more than twelve hundred dollars; municipalities
of the third class, no more than nine hundred dollars;
(5)
Off-sale licenses issued to municipalities under local option ---- two hundred fifty dollars;
(6)
On-sale licenses issued outside municipalities ---- except as provided in
§
35-4-11.9, not
less than the maximum that the municipality to which the applicant is nearest is charging
for a like license in that municipality, the renewal fee shall be the same as is charged for
a like license in the nearest municipality. However, if the nearest municipality is more
than fifteen miles from the on-sale license, the fee shall be established pursuant to
§
35-4-11.10. If the municipality to which the applicant is nearest holds an on-sale
license, pursuant to
§
35-3-13 and does not charge a specified fee, then the fee shall be
the maximum amount that could be charged as if the municipality had not been
authorized to obtain on-sale licenses pursuant to
§
35-3-13. However, if the nearest
municipality is a municipality of the first class and is authorized to hold an on-sale license
pursuant to
§
35-3-13, such fee may not be more than one hundred fifty percent of the
minimum a municipality not so authorized may charge for a like license. The renewal fee
shall be the same as could be charged for a like license in the nearest municipality;
(7)
Solicitors ---- twenty-five dollars;
(8)
Transportation companies ---- twenty-five dollars;
(9)
Carrier ---- one hundred dollars, which fee shall entitle the licensee to sell or serve
alcoholic beverages on all conveyances they operate within the state;
(10)
Dispensers ---- ten dollars;
(11)
On-sale dealers at publicly operated airports ---- two hundred fifty dollars;
(12)
On-sale dealers in wine for Sunday ---- five hundred dollars;
(13)
Convention facility on-sale ---- not less than one dollar for each person residing within
the municipality as measured by the last preceding federal census, the renewal fee for
such license, in municipalities of the first class, is fifteen hundred dollars; the renewal fee
for such license, in municipalities of the second class, is no more than twelve hundred
dollars; the renewal fee for such license, in municipalities of the third class, is no more
than nine hundred dollars;
(14)
Manufacturers of malt beverages ---- five hundred dollars;
(15)
Wholesalers of malt beverages ---- four hundred dollars;
(16)
Malt beverage retailers, being both package dealers and on-sale dealers ---- two hundred
fifty dollars;
(17)
Malt beverage package dealers ---- one hundred fifty dollars;
and
(18)
On-sale dealers in light wine containing not more than six percent alcohol by weight for
each day of the week between the hours of seven o'clock a.m. and two o'clock a.m. to
nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 7-27 ---- two hundred dollars
;
and
(19) Off-sale package wine dealers in table wines, sparkling wines, and sacramental wine to
be operated in conjunction with a farm winery established pursuant to chapter 35-12 ----
one hundred fifty dollars
.
Section
2.
That
§
35-4-6
be amended to read as follows:
35-4-6.
Except as provided in subdivisions 35-4-2(16)
and
,
(17)
, and (19)
, off-sale licenses
shall
may
be issued under this chapter only to operate within
municipalities
a municipality
.
Section
3.
That
§
35-4-11.1
be amended to read as follows:
35-4-11.1.
If not previously fixed by ordinance or continuing resolution, the board of county
commissioners shall on or before the first of September in each year determine the number of
on-sale licenses it will approve for the ensuing calendar year and the fees to be charged for the
various classifications of licenses. The number of licenses issued may not exceed three for the first
one thousand of population and may not exceed one for each additional fifteen hundred of
population or fraction thereof, the population to include only those residing within the county but
outside the incorporated municipalities and improvement districts, created pursuant to chapter
7-25A, within the county. However, any license issued in an improvement district prior to July 1,
2000, shall be included when calculating the total number of licenses that may be issued by the
county where the improvement district is located. No licensee regularly licensed to do business on
July 1, 1981, may be denied reissuance of a license in subsequent years solely by reason of any
limitations, based upon population quotas, of the number of licenses authorized or established under
the provisions of this title. Licenses issued to concessionaires, and lessees of the State of South
Dakota, within the boundaries of state parks, prior to January 1, 1983, may be subtracted when
calculating the total number of licenses permitted in this section. The quotas established in this
section do not apply to licenses issued pursuant to subdivisions 35-4-2(16)
and
,
(17)
, and (19)
.
Section
4.
That
§
35-4-81.1
be amended to read as follows:
35-4-81.1.
No off-sale licensee, licensed under subdivisions 35-4-2(3)
and
,
(5)
, and (19)
, may
sell, or allow to be sold, alcoholic beverages between the hours of twelve
o'clock p.m.
midnight
and
seven
o'clock
a.m. of the following day, or sell, or allow to be sold, distilled spirits or wine on
Memorial Day or Christmas Day. In addition, no off-sale licensee may sell, or allow to be sold,
alcoholic beverages on Sunday unless the municipality or the county by ordinance allows such sales
on Sunday.
Section
5.
That chapter
35-12
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
The holder of a farm winery license may also hold on the premises where the wine is produced,
an off-sale license issued pursuant to subdivision 35-4-2(19).
Signed February 27, 2001.