Section 35-4-4.1 - Number of licenses at hotel-motel convention facilities. - South Dakota Statutes

35-4-4.1. Number of licenses at hotel-motel convention facilities. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-4-4, any person, corporation, or business entity may be the holder of, or have an interest in, more than three on-sale retail licenses as long as such licensee holds such licenses at a hotel-motel convention facility. A hotel-motel convention facility as used in this section means a facility located in South Dakota and in a bona fide manner used and kept open for the hosting of large groups of guests for compensation which has at least one hundred beds which are suitable lodging accommodations and convention facilities with seating for at least four hundred persons. However, for the purposes of hotel-motel convention facilities located in municipalities other than municipalities of the first class, the minimum number of rooms required as suitable lodging accommodations shall be fifty rooms.

Source: SL 1985, ch 292; SL 1988, ch 292, § 1A.