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(A) If the applicant already holds a license and is applying for the same class of license at the same location for the next license year, then only the approval of the governing body is necessary to issue the license for the new year.
(B) One copy of the application is forwarded to the Department and a new card will be issued by the Department with an appropriate expiration date. The mayor or chairperson the governing board shall sign the new card in the lower right hand corner to properly validate the card.
(A) The procedure for a transfer of license is the same as for application for a new license. The fee for a transfer is $150. An affidavit of bulk sale and the existing license card must be submitted with the application for transfer.
(B) The application to transfer the license shall only be permitted if all municipal and state sales and use taxes incurred by the licensee as a result of the operation have been paid, and all property taxes, which are the liability of the licensee are paid or are not delinquent.
Fifty percent of all license and transfer fees received pursuant to subdivision SDCL § 35-4-2(16) shall remain in the municipality in which the licensee paying the fee is located. If the licensee is located outside the corporate limits of a municipality, 50% of the fees remain in the county in which the licensee is located. The remainder of all license and transfer fees and penalties received shall be credited to the state general fund.
(SDCL § 35-4-2.11)
(A) A licensee holding a license pursuant to SDCL § 35-4-2(3) or (5) may provide samples of malt beverages, wine, distilled spirits, liqueurs, and cordials to the general public without obtaining an additional license. The licensee may only offer as samples the malt beverages, wine, distilled spirits, liqueurs, and cordials that the licensee currently has in stock and is offering for sale to the general public.
(B) The malt beverage, wine, distilled spirits, liqueur, and cordial samples shall be dispensed at no charge and shall be consumed on the licensed premises during the permitted hours of off-sale.
(C) No sample of malt beverage may be larger than three fluid ounces. No sample of wine may be larger than 50 milliliters and no sample of distilled spirits, liqueur, or cordial may be larger than 25 milliliters.
(SDCL § 35-4-10.2)
(A) A licensee licensed pursuant to SDCL § 35-4-2(3) or (5) may apply for an off-sale delivery license as provided by SDCL § 35-4-2(23) to deliver alcoholic beverages to a consumer within the boundaries of the municipality that issued the off-sale license. The alcoholic beverage for delivery shall be purchased in person and on-site at the licensee's off-sale premises. The minimum purchase of alcoholic beverages shall be $150.
(B) The delivery shall be made during hours of operation pursuant to SDCL § 35-4-81.2 by an employee of the licensee who is at least 21 years old. The employee shall obtain the signature of a person twenty-one years old or older before delivery of the shipment. The employee shall request that the person signing for the delivery display a valid age-bearing photo identification document issued by this state, another state, or the federal government verifying that the person is twenty-one years old or older. Documentation verifying the identification of the person signing for the delivery shall be retained by the licensee for one year.
(SDCL § 35-4-127)
(A) Unless specifically allowed in this section, the manufacture, sale or possession of alcohol in a powdered, condensed, or other concentrated form as defined in § 113.01 or the sale or possession of an alcoholic beverage that is reconstituted from alcohol in a powdered, condensed, or other concentrated form is prohibited.
(B) The provisions of this section do not apply to the following:
(1) Any hospital that possesses a product defined in subdivision 35-1-1(17A) and that possession is primarily used for conducting scientific research; or
(2) Any state institution, private college or university, or pharmaceutical or biotechnical company that possesses a product defined in § 113.01 and that possession is primarily used for conducting bona fide research.
(SDCL § 35-4-128)
MUNICIPAL LIQUOR OPERATIONS
(A) Any applicant for a new retail license, except as set forth in SDCL § 35-2-1.1, or the transfer of an existing license shall submit an application to the governing body of the municipality in which the applicant intends to operate, or if outside the corporate limits of a municipality, to the governing body of the county in which the applicant intends to operate. The applicant shall submit the required fee with the application. The governing body may approve the application for a new retail license or the transfer of an existing license if the governing body considers the applicant suitable to hold the license and the proposed location is suitable.
(B) The governing body may disapprove an application for a new retail license or the transfer of an existing license issued under subdivision SDCL § 35-4-2(4), (6), or (13) if:
(1) The approval of the application permits a person, corporation, or business entity to possess more than one-third of the licenses available to be issued in the jurisdiction; and
(2) The governing body determines that possession of more than one-third of licenses available is not in the public interest.
(C) Any application for the reissuance of a retail license may be approved by the municipal or county governing body without a hearing unless in the past year the licensee or one or more of the licensee's employees have been subjected to a criminal penalty for violation of the alcoholic beverage control law or the license has been suspended.
(SDCL § 35-2-1.2)
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