Changes to Existing Law

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-4-11, each municipality or improvement district created pursuant to chapter 7-25A may issue two convention facility on-sale licenses6 pursuant to subdivision 35-4-2(13) for convention facilities substantially constructed within the7 two years following issuance of the license or previously completed. If located in a municipality8 or improvement district with a population of twenty thousand or greater, the hotel-motel9 convention facility shall be used and kept open for the hosting of large groups of guests for10 compensation and shall have at least one hundred rooms that are suitable lodging11 accommodations and convention facilities with seating for at least four hundred persons. If12 located in a municipality or improvement district with a population of less than twenty13 thousand, the hotel-motel convention facility shall have at least forty rooms that are suitable14 100 copies were printed on recycled paper by the South DakotaLegislative Research Council at a cost of $.167 per page.v Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.Deletions from existing statutes are indicated by overstrikes. - 2 -SB lodging accommodations and convention facilities with seating for at least one hundred fifty1 persons. If a municipality's the population of a municipality or improvement district changes, the3 facility is only required to meet the criteria established by this section for the license at the time4 the license was originally issued.5