(a)
(1) This part shall be effective in any jurisdiction that authorizes the sale of wine in retail food stores in a referendum in the manner prescribed by § 57-3-106; provided, however, that a jurisdiction must have held and passed a referendum authorizing retail package stores or held and passed a referendum authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises prior to holding a referendum authorized under this section.
(2) If the county election commission receives the necessary petition requesting the referendum not less than forty-five (45) days before the date on which an election is scheduled to be held, except for referenda scheduled to be held with the regular November general election which shall be held pursuant to § 2-3-204, the county election commission shall include the referendum question contained in subsection (b) on the ballot.
(3) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1) and § 57-3-101(a)(14) to the contrary, any municipality having a population of not less than five hundred seventy (570) nor more than five hundred seventy-nine (579), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, that is located in any county having a population of not less than twenty-nine thousand four hundred (29,400) nor more than twenty-nine thousand five hundred (29,500), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, may conduct a referendum to authorize the sale of wine at retail food stores within the corporate boundaries of such municipality. The referendum shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by § 57-3-106, notwithstanding the population requirements of § 57-3-106(b)(1).
(b) At any such election, the question submitted to the voters shall be in the following form:
(c) A referendum described in this section may be held at any election prescribed in § 57-3-106(c)(1); provided, however, that no such referendum may be held prior to the regular November election in 2014.
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