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    2         An act relating to the Beverage Law; amending s.
    3         561.20, F.S.; authorizing certain food service
    4         establishments to sell or deliver certain alcoholic
    5         beverages for off-premises consumption under certain
    6         circumstances; providing requirements for such
    7         deliveries; requiring a vendor or the agent or
    8         employee of the vendor to verify the age of the person
    9         making the delivery; amending s. 564.09, F.S.;
   10         revising provisions that authorize a restaurant to
   11         allow patrons to remove partially consumed bottles of
   12         wine from a restaurant for off-premises consumption;
   13         amending s. 565.045, F.S.; revising requirements for
   14         the sale of alcoholic beverages by certain vendors;
   15         authorizing certain vendors to deliver specified
   16         alcoholic beverages under certain circumstances;
   17         providing requirements for such deliveries;
   18         prohibiting any person under the age of 21 from
   19         delivering alcoholic beverages on behalf of a vendor;
   20         requiring a vendor or the agent or employee of the
   21         vendor to verify the age of the person making the
   22         delivery; amending s. 316.1936, F.S.; specifying that
   23         certain alcoholic beverages are not open containers
   24         for the purposes of the prohibition on possessing open
   25         containers of alcoholic beverages in vehicles;
   26         providing an effective date.
   27          
   28  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   29  
   30         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   31  561.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   32         561.20 Limitation upon number of licenses issued.—
   33         (2)(a) The limitation of the number of licenses as provided
   34  in this section does not prohibit the issuance of a special
   35  license to:
   36         1. Any bona fide hotel, motel, or motor court of not fewer
   37  than 80 guest rooms in any county having a population of less
   38  than 50,000 residents, and of not fewer than 100 guest rooms in
   39  any county having a population of 50,000 residents or greater;
   40  or any bona fide hotel or motel located in a historic structure,
   41  as defined in s. 561.01(21), with fewer than 100 guest rooms
   42  which derives at least 51 percent of its gross revenue from the
   43  rental of hotel or motel rooms, which is licensed as a public
   44  lodging establishment by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants;
   45  provided, however, that a bona fide hotel or motel with no fewer
   46  than 10 and no more than 25 guest rooms which is a historic
   47  structure, as defined in s. 561.01(21), in a municipality that
   48  on the effective date of this act has a population, according to
   49  the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business
   50  Research Estimates of Population for 1998, of no fewer than
   51  25,000 and no more than 35,000 residents and that is within a
   52  constitutionally chartered county may be issued a special
   53  license. This special license shall allow the sale and
   54  consumption of alcoholic beverages only on the licensed premises
   55  of the hotel or motel. In addition, the hotel or motel must
   56  derive at least 60 percent of its gross revenue from the rental
   57  of hotel or motel rooms and the sale of food and nonalcoholic
   58  beverages; provided that this subparagraph shall supersede local
   59  laws requiring a greater number of hotel rooms;
   60         2. Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer than 100
   61  condominium units are wholly rentable to transients and which is
   62  licensed under chapter 509, except that the license shall be
   63  issued only to the person or corporation that operates the hotel
   64  or motel operation and not to the association of condominium
   65  owners;
   66         3. Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer than 50
   67  condominium units are wholly rentable to transients, which is
   68  licensed under chapter 509, and which is located in any county
   69  having home rule under s. 10 or s. 11, Art. VIII of the State
   70  Constitution of 1885, as amended, and incorporated by reference
   71  in s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the State Constitution, except that the
   72  license shall be issued only to the person or corporation that
   73  operates the hotel or motel operation and not to the association
   74  of condominium owners;
   75         4. A food service establishment that has 2,500 square feet
   76  of service area, is equipped to serve meals to 150 persons at
   77  one time, and derives at least 51 percent of its gross food and
   78  beverage revenue from the sale of food and nonalcoholic
   79  beverages during the first 60-day operating period and each 12
   80  month operating period thereafter. A licensee under this
   81  subparagraph may sell or deliver alcoholic beverages in a sealed
   82  container for off-premises consumption if the sale or delivery
   83  is accompanied by the sale of food within the same order. Such
   84  authorized sale or delivery includes wine-based and liquor-based
   85  beverages prepared by the licensee or its employee and packaged
   86  in a container sealed by the licensee or its employee. This
   87  subparagraph may not be construed to authorize public food
   88  service establishments licensed under this subparagraph to sell
   89  a bottle of distilled spirits sealed by a manufacturer. Any sale
   90  or delivery of malt beverages must comply with the container
   91  size, labeling, and filling requirements imposed under s.
   92  563.06. Any delivery of an alcoholic beverage under this
   93  subparagraph must comply with s. 561.57. An alcoholic beverage
   94  drink prepared by the vendor and sold or delivered for
   95  consumption off the premises must be placed in a container
   96  securely sealed by the licensee or its employees with an
   97  unbroken seal that prevents the beverage from being immediately
   98  consumed before removal from the premises. Such alcoholic
   99  beverage also must be placed in a bag or other container that is
  100  secured in such a manner that it is visibly apparent if the
  101  container has been subsequently opened or tampered with, and a
  102  dated receipt for the alcoholic beverage and food must be
  103  provided by the licensee and attached to the bag or container.
  104  If transported in a motor vehicle, an alcoholic beverage that is
  105  not in a container sealed by the manufacturer must be placed in
  106  a locked compartment, a locked trunk, or the area behind the
  107  last upright seat of a motor vehicle. It is a violation of the
  108  prohibition in s. 562.11 to allow any person under the age of 21
  109  to deliver alcoholic beverages on behalf of a vendor. The vendor
  110  or the agent or employee of the vendor must verify the age of
  111  the person making the delivery of the alcoholic beverage before
  112  allowing any person to take possession of an alcoholic beverage
  113  for the purpose of making a delivery on behalf of a vendor under
  114  this section. A food service establishment granted a special
  115  license on or after January 1, 1958, pursuant to general or
  116  special law may not operate as a package store and may not sell
  117  intoxicating beverages under such license after the hours of
  118  serving or consumption of food have elapsed. Failure by a
  119  licensee to meet the required percentage of food and
  120  nonalcoholic beverage gross revenues during the covered
  121  operating period shall result in revocation of the license or
  122  denial of the pending license application. A licensee whose
  123  license is revoked or an applicant whose pending application is
  124  denied, or any person required to qualify on the special license
  125  application, is ineligible to have any interest in a subsequent
  126  application for such a license for a period of 120 days after
  127  the date of the final denial or revocation;
  128         5. Any caterer, deriving at least 51 percent of its gross
  129  food and beverage revenue from the sale of food and nonalcoholic
  130  beverages at each catered event, licensed by the Division of
  131  Hotels and Restaurants under chapter 509. This subparagraph does
  132  not apply to a culinary education program, as defined in s.
  133  381.0072(2), which is licensed as a public food service
  134  establishment by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants and
  135  provides catering services. Notwithstanding any law to the
  136  contrary, a licensee under this subparagraph shall sell or serve
  137  alcoholic beverages only for consumption on the premises of a
  138  catered event at which the licensee is also providing prepared
  139  food, and shall prominently display its license at any catered
  140  event at which the caterer is selling or serving alcoholic
  141  beverages. A licensee under this subparagraph shall purchase all
  142  alcoholic beverages it sells or serves at a catered event from a
  143  vendor licensed under s. 563.02(1), s. 564.02(1), or licensed
  144  under s. 565.02(1) subject to the limitation imposed in
  145  subsection (1), as appropriate. A licensee under this
  146  subparagraph may not store any alcoholic beverages to be sold or
  147  served at a catered event. Any alcoholic beverages purchased by
  148  a licensee under this subparagraph for a catered event that are
  149  not used at that event must remain with the customer; provided
  150  that if the vendor accepts unopened alcoholic beverages, the
  151  licensee may return such alcoholic beverages to the vendor for a
  152  credit or reimbursement. Regardless of the county or counties in
  153  which the licensee operates, a licensee under this subparagraph
  154  shall pay the annual state license tax set forth in s.
  155  565.02(1)(b). A licensee under this subparagraph must maintain
  156  for a period of 3 years all records and receipts for each
  157  catered event, including all contracts, customers’ names, event
  158  locations, event dates, food purchases and sales, alcoholic
  159  beverage purchases and sales, nonalcoholic beverage purchases
  160  and sales, and any other records required by the department by
  161  rule to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this
  162  subparagraph. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any
  163  vendor licensed under s. 565.02(1) subject to the limitation
  164  imposed in subsection (1), may, without any additional licensure
  165  under this subparagraph, serve or sell alcoholic beverages for
  166  consumption on the premises of a catered event at which prepared
  167  food is provided by a caterer licensed under chapter 509. If a
  168  licensee under this subparagraph also possesses any other
  169  license under the Beverage Law, the license issued under this
  170  subparagraph may shall not authorize the holder to conduct
  171  activities on the premises to which the other license or
  172  licenses apply that would otherwise be prohibited by the terms
  173  of that license or the Beverage Law. Nothing in This section
  174  does not shall permit the licensee to conduct activities that
  175  are otherwise prohibited by the Beverage Law or local law. The
  176  Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco is hereby authorized
  177  to adopt rules to administer the license created in this
  178  subparagraph, to include rules governing licensure,
  179  recordkeeping, and enforcement. The first $300,000 in fees
  180  collected by the division each fiscal year pursuant to this
  181  subparagraph shall be deposited in the Department of Children
  182  and Families’ Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund to be used
  183  only for alcohol and drug abuse education, treatment, and
  184  prevention programs. The remainder of the fees collected shall
  185  be deposited into the Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund created
  186  pursuant to s. 509.072; or
  187         6. A culinary education program as defined in s.
  188  381.0072(2) which is licensed as a public food service
  189  establishment by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants.
  190         a. This special license shall allow the sale and
  191  consumption of alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises of
  192  the culinary education program. The culinary education program
  193  shall specify designated areas in the facility where the
  194  alcoholic beverages may be consumed at the time of application.
  195  Alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises may be
  196  consumed only in areas designated under pursuant to s.
  197  561.01(11) and may not be removed from the designated area. Such
  198  license shall be applicable only in and for designated areas
  199  used by the culinary education program.
  200         b. If the culinary education program provides catering
  201  services, this special license shall also allow the sale and
  202  consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of a catered
  203  event at which the licensee is also providing prepared food. A
  204  culinary education program that provides catering services is
  205  not required to derive at least 51 percent of its gross revenue
  206  from the sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages.
  207  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a licensee that
  208  provides catering services under this sub-subparagraph shall
  209  prominently display its beverage license at any catered event at
  210  which the caterer is selling or serving alcoholic beverages.
  211  Regardless of the county or counties in which the licensee
  212  operates, a licensee under this sub-subparagraph shall pay the
  213  annual state license tax set forth in s. 565.02(1)(b). A
  214  licensee under this sub-subparagraph must maintain for a period
  215  of 3 years all records required by the department by rule to
  216  demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this sub
  217  subparagraph.
  218         c. If a licensee under this subparagraph also possesses any
  219  other license under the Beverage Law, the license issued under
  220  this subparagraph does not authorize the holder to conduct
  221  activities on the premises to which the other license or
  222  licenses apply that would otherwise be prohibited by the terms
  223  of that license or the Beverage Law. Nothing in This
  224  subparagraph does not shall permit the licensee to conduct
  225  activities that are otherwise prohibited by the Beverage Law or
  226  local law. Any culinary education program that holds a license
  227  to sell alcoholic beverages shall comply with the age
  228  requirements set forth in ss. 562.11(4), 562.111(2), and 562.13.
  229         d. The Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco may
  230  adopt rules to administer the license created in this
  231  subparagraph, to include rules governing licensure,
  232  recordkeeping, and enforcement.
  233         e. A license issued pursuant to this subparagraph does not
  234  permit the licensee to sell alcoholic beverages by the package
  235  for off-premises consumption.
  236  
  237  However, any license heretofore issued to any such hotel, motel,
  238  motor court, or restaurant or hereafter issued to any such
  239  hotel, motel, or motor court, including a condominium
  240  accommodation, under the general law may shall not be moved to a
  241  new location, such license being valid only on the premises of
  242  such hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant. Licenses issued
  243  to hotels, motels, motor courts, or restaurants under the
  244  general law and held by such hotels, motels, motor courts, or
  245  restaurants on May 24, 1947, shall be counted in the quota
  246  limitation contained in subsection (1). Any license issued for
  247  any hotel, motel, or motor court under this law shall be issued
  248  only to the owner of the hotel, motel, or motor court or, in the
  249  event the hotel, motel, or motor court is leased, to the lessee
  250  of the hotel, motel, or motor court; and the license shall
  251  remain in the name of the owner or lessee so long as the license
  252  is in existence. Any special license now in existence heretofore
  253  issued under this law cannot be renewed except in the name of
  254  the owner of the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant or, in
  255  the event the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant is
  256  leased, in the name of the lessee of the hotel, motel, motor
  257  court, or restaurant in which the license is located and must
  258  remain in the name of the owner or lessee so long as the license
  259  is in existence. Any license issued under this section shall be
  260  marked “Special,” and nothing herein provided shall limit,
  261  restrict, or prevent the issuance of a special license for any
  262  restaurant or motel which shall hereafter meet the requirements
  263  of the law existing immediately before prior to the effective
  264  date of this act, if construction of such restaurant has
  265  commenced before prior to the effective date of this act and is
  266  completed within 30 days thereafter, or if an application is on
  267  file for such special license at the time this act takes effect;
  268  and any such licenses issued under this proviso may be annually
  269  renewed as now provided by law. Nothing herein prevents an
  270  application for transfer of a license to a bona fide purchaser
  271  of any hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant by the purchaser
  272  of such facility or the transfer of such license pursuant to
  273  law.
  274         Section 2. Section 564.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  275  read:
  276         564.09 Restaurants; off-premises consumption of wine.
  277  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a restaurant
  278  licensed to sell wine on the premises may permit a patron to
  279  remove one unsealed bottle of wine for consumption off the
  280  premises if the patron has purchased a full course meal
  281  consisting of a salad or vegetable, entree, a beverage, and
  282  bread and consumed a portion of the bottle of wine with such
  283  meal on the restaurant premises. A partially consumed bottle of
  284  wine that is to be removed from the premises must be securely
  285  resealed by the licensee or its employees before removal from
  286  the premises. The partially consumed bottle of wine shall be
  287  placed in a bag or other container that is secured in such a
  288  manner that it is visibly apparent if the container has been
  289  subsequently opened or tampered with, and a dated receipt for
  290  the bottle of wine and full course meal shall be provided by the
  291  licensee and attached to the container. If transported in a
  292  motor vehicle, the container with the resealed bottle of wine
  293  must be placed in a locked glove compartment, a locked trunk, or
  294  the area behind the last upright seat of a motor vehicle that is
  295  not equipped with a trunk.
  296         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 565.045, Florida
  297  Statutes, is amended to read:
  298         565.045 Regulations for consumption on premises; penalty;
  299  exemptions.—
  300         (1) Vendors licensed under s. 565.02(1)(b)-(f):
  301         (a) Shall provide seats for the use of their customers;
  302         (b). Such vendors May sell or deliver alcoholic beverages
  303  by the drink or in sealed containers for consumption on or off
  304  the premises where sold; and
  305         (c) May sell or deliver alcoholic beverages prepared by the
  306  licensee for off-premises consumption if the alcoholic beverage
  307  is in a container sealed by the licensee. All sales or
  308  deliveries of alcoholic beverages made pursuant to this
  309  paragraph must satisfy the following requirements:
  310         1. The vendor must be licensed as a public food service
  311  establishment under chapter 509;
  312         2. The sale or delivery must be accompanied by the sale of
  313  food within the same order;
  314         3. The charge for the sale of food and nonalcoholic
  315  beverages must be at least 40 percent of the total charge for
  316  the order, excluding the charge for any manufacturer-sealed
  317  containers of alcoholic beverages included in the order; and
  318         4. Sales and deliveries of the alcoholic beverages may not
  319  occur after the vendor ceases preparing food on the licensed
  320  premises for the day or after midnight, whichever is earlier.
  321  
  322  The requirement in subparagraph 3. does not apply to vendors
  323  licensed under s. 561.20(2)(a)4.
  324         (d) An alcoholic beverage drink prepared by the vendor and
  325  sold or delivered for consumption off the premises under
  326  paragraph (c) must be placed in a container securely sealed by
  327  the licensee or its employees with an unbroken seal that
  328  prevents the beverage from being immediately consumed before
  329  removal from the premises. Such alcoholic beverage also must be
  330  placed in a bag or other container that is secured in such a
  331  manner that it is visibly apparent if the container has been
  332  subsequently opened or tampered with, and a dated receipt for
  333  the alcoholic beverage and food must be provided by the licensee
  334  and attached to the bag or container. If transported in a motor
  335  vehicle, an alcoholic beverage that is not in a container sealed
  336  by the manufacturer must be placed in a locked compartment, a
  337  locked trunk, or the area behind the last upright seat of a
  338  motor vehicle.
  339         (e) Any delivery of an alcoholic beverage under this
  340  section must comply with s. 561.57. It is a violation of the
  341  prohibition in s. 562.11 to allow any person under the age of 21
  342  to deliver alcoholic beverages on behalf of a vendor. The vendor
  343  or the agent or employee of the vendor must verify the age of
  344  the person making the delivery of the alcoholic beverage before
  345  allowing any person to take possession of an alcoholic beverage
  346  for the purpose of making a delivery on behalf of a vendor under
  347  this section.
  348         Section 4. Subsection (9) of section 316.1936, Florida
  349  Statutes, is amended to read:
  350         316.1936 Possession of open containers of alcoholic
  351  beverages in vehicles prohibited; penalties.—
  352         (9) An alcoholic beverage that has been sealed by a
  353  licensee or the employee of a licensee and is transported
  354  pursuant to s. 564.09, s. 561.20(2)(a)4., or s. 565.045(1) A
  355  bottle of wine that has been resealed and is transported
  356  pursuant to s. 564.09 is not an open container under the
  357  provisions of this section.
  358         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.