CHAPTER 193

(SB 45)

Alcoholic beverage license,
suspension or revocation hearing may be moved.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  allow alcohol beverage license suspension or revocation hearings to be held in a location other than the county where the license has been applied for or has been issued.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

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     Section  1.  That § 35-2-13 be amended to read as follows:

     35-2-13.   An applicant or licensee under this title, or any person or governing board interested therein, shall have a right of hearing in relation to any action taken upon the application or license, which hearing shall be held in the county where the license has been applied for or has been issued, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1-26. However, if the parties agree, a hearing to determine whether the secretary of revenue may suspend or revoke a license may be held at a location other than the county where the license has been applied for or has been issued. Such hearing may be held by telecommunications technologies.

     Signed February 5, 2001.

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