<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 35-2-5.3 - Local licensing authority--Denying reissuance of on-sale license not actively used.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eStatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15e000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eNoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 35-2-5.3 - Local licensing authority--Denying reissuance of on-sale license not actively used."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 35-2-5.3 - Local licensing authority--Denying reissuance of on-sale license not actively used."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/35-2-5.3"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=35-2-5.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eSENU">35-2-5.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eSENU">. </span><span class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eCL">Local licensing authority--Denying reissuance of on-sale license not actively used.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont">The governing body of a municipality or county may deny reissuance of any on-sale license issued pursuant to subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=35-4-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont">35-4-2</span></a><span class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont">(4), (6), or (13) to the same licensee or the licensee's transferee if the license has not been actively used by the applicant during the two years preceding the date of the current application. For purposes of this section, the term "actively used" means:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eStatuteNumber1"><span class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The licensed premises was open to the public during regular business hours for the sale and consumption of distilled spirits for at least sixty days during the two preceding years; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eStatuteNumber1"><span class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The licensed premises is open five days per year and open to the public during a special event that has at least twenty-five thousand visitors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont">The number of licenses held by a municipality pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=35-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont">35-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont"> may not be less than the total number of licenses available to be issued as of July 1, 2010.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15e000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s003cad5620ed4c9186e933b64b10c15eSCL">SL 1975, ch 227; SL 2007, ch 206, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; SL 2010, ch 181, § 1; SL 2018, ch 213, § 20; SL 2024, ch 147, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>