Rep. Greg Harris
Filed: 10/26/2011
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 50
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 50, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | ||||||
| 4 | 1 as follows:
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| 5 | on page 23, immediately below line 12, by inserting the | ||||||
| 6 | following: | ||||||
| 7 | "(cc) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | ||||||
| 8 | contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance | ||||||
| 9 | or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic | ||||||
| 10 | liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with | ||||||
| 11 | a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 | ||||||
| 12 | feet of a school if: | ||||||
| 13 | (1) the sale of alcoholic liquor is not the principal | ||||||
| 14 | business carried on by the licensee at the premises; | ||||||
| 15 | (2) the licensee shall only sell packaged liquors at | ||||||
| 16 | the premises; | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) the licensee is a national retail chain; | ||||||
| 2 | (4) as of October 25, 2011, the licensee has 1,767 | ||||||
| 3 | stores operating nationwide, 87 stores operating in the | ||||||
| 4 | State, and 10 stores operating within the municipality; | ||||||
| 5 | (5) the licensee shall occupy approximately 124,000 | ||||||
| 6 | square feet of space in the basement and first and second | ||||||
| 7 | floors of a building located across the street from a | ||||||
| 8 | school; | ||||||
| 9 | (6) the school opened in August of 2009 and occupies | ||||||
| 10 | approximately 67,000 square feet of space; and | ||||||
| 11 | (7) the building in which the premises shall be located | ||||||
| 12 | has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places | ||||||
| 13 | since April 17, 1970.".
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