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Committee hears testimony on allowing alcohol sales at municipally owned performing-arts, convention and sports complexes
Summary
Representatives and public witnesses debated House Bill 4000, which would permit certain municipally owned performing-arts, convention and sports complexes to obtain licenses to sell beer, wine and liquor on site; sponsor said bill was tailored to the Charleston Gaillard Auditorium; meeting ran out of time without a vote.
A Judiciary Committee meeting on April 3 took testimony on House Bill 4000, a measure to amend the code of laws to allow certain large, municipally owned performing-arts, convention and sports complexes to sell beer, wine and liquor on their premises. The committee did not finish consideration and will reconvene Tuesday to continue discussion.
Representative Smith, a sponsor of the bill, told the committee the measure was drafted to allow municipally owned venues that meet specific size and tourism-promotion criteria to obtain alcohol permits. "Let's create an unfettered open fair…
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