ORDERS:
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
Hemali Company, LLC, d/b/a Hwy. 90 Liquor Store, 676 Hwy. 90, Conway, SC (Hemali) filed with the South
Carolina Department of Revenue (DOR), a application for a retail liquor store. Due to protests, a
contested case hearing was required with this matter heard pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 61-2-260 (Supp.
2001) and S.C. Code Ann. §§ 1-23-310 et seq. (1986 & Supp. 2001).
In its Agency Transmittal and in a Motion to be Excused, DOR advised that Hemali appears to have met all
statutory requirements, that no controversy exists between the applicant and DOR, that DOR has no
evidence to support denying the application, and that DOR would have issued the permit but for the
protest. Thus, only the protest presented the controversy.
In the instant case, notice of the hearing was provided to all parties as well as the protestants informing
all that a hearing would be held at the Administrative Law Judge Division in Columbia, South Carolina on
Thursday, January 9, 2003. However, at that hearing, no protestants appeared. Thus, the protest was
waived.
Accordingly, with no protest existing, the Department of Revenue shall continue to process the
application for a retail liquor store license.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
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RAY N. STEVENS
Administrative Law Judge
Dated: January 9, 2003
Columbia, South Carolina |
