The County Council finds that:
(A) The York County Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Inc., d/b/a Keystone Substance Abuse Services, provides planning and programs in the county for alcohol and drug abuse.
(B) Section 6-27-40 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended, provides for a distribution of certain funds appropriated to the Local Government Fund of the state budget, and further requires that a portion of such funds must be distributed to counties, based on the ratio that the county's population is of the whole population of the state, according to the most recent United States Census.
(C) (1) Section 6-27-40(B) of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended, requires that, in making quarterly distributions to counties from such funds, the State Treasurer must notify each county of the amounts that must be used for educational purposes relating to the use of alcoholic liquors and for the rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts.
(2) Such educational and rehabilitation funds may be pooled with other county funds, but must be used for educational purposes relating to the use of alcoholic liquors and for the rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts.
(D) The county has annually designated the York County Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Inc., d/b/a Keystone Substance Abuse Services, as the agency in the county for alcohol and drug abuse planning for programs funded, in whole or in part, from monies appropriated to the Local Government Fund, and distributed to the county in accordance with the provisions of S.C. Code § 5-27-40, as amended.
(E) (1) Section 12-33-245 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, has been amended to provide that, in addition to taxes imposed pursuant to the provisions of S.C. Code §§ 12-33-230, 12-33-240 and Title 12, Chapter 36, as amended, there is imposed an excise tax equal to 5% of the gross proceeds of the sales of alcoholic liquor by the drink for on-premises consumption in an establishment licensed for sales pursuant to S.C. Code, Article V, Chapter 6, Title 61, as amended, and further provides that the State Treasurer shall allocate a portion of such revenue to counties in accordance with statutory requirements, on a per capita basis according to the most recent United States Census.
(2) Such funds allocated to counties must be used by counties for educational purposes relating to the use of alcoholic liquors and for the rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts.
(F) (1) The York County Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Inc., d/b/a Keystone Substance Abuse Services, should be designated as the agency in the county for alcohol and drug abuse planning for programs funded by a distribution of monies appropriated to the Local Government Fund of the state budget for educational purposes relating to the use of alcoholic liquors for the rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts.
(2) Excise tax revenues from October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2007, shall be appropriated and allocated to the York County Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Inc., d/b/a Keystone Substance Abuse Services, for educational purposes relating to the use of alcoholic liquors and for the rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts in the county.
(Ord. 3406, passed 9-18-06)