ORDERS:
ORDER AND DECISION
This matter was initiated by a citation issued by the South Carolina Department of
Revenue ("Department") against Respondent for violation of the ABC Law [23 S.C. Code Ann.
Regulation 7-9(B) (1976)]. On February 3, 1997, Respondent was cited for permitting a person
under the age of twenty-one (21) to purchase beer in or on a licensed premises. A Department
Determination was issued sustaining the imposition of the violation. The determination sought a
forty-five (45) day suspension of the permittee's on-premise beer and wine permit.
A hearing on the matter was scheduled for November 21, 1997. Prior to the hearing,
the parties worked out an agreement resolving the matter. That agreement is incorporated into this
Order.
The agreement between the parties is as follows:
1. As of January 2, 1998, at 9:00 A.M. a forty-five (45) day suspension of the
permittee's on-premises beer and wine permit will begin. The permit will be picked up by a SLED
agent and returned to the Department of Revenue.
2. The permit will be returned to the permittee by the Department of Revenue at the
end of the forty-five (45) day suspension period.
I find the above settlement to be fair and equitable, approve such settlement, and
hereby Order its adoption. As the parties no longer require a hearing on this matter I also Order this
matter Dismissed with Prejudice.
WE SO MOVE:
By: ___________________________
Arlene D. Hand
Counsel for Regulatory Litigation
Attorney for Petitioner
WE SO CONSENT:
By:_____________________________
Kenneth E. Allen
Attorney for Respondents
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
_____________________________
Honorable Stephen P. Bates
Administrative Law Judge
November 19, 1997
Columbia, South Carolina |
