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House Bill 1535




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1535

        By Representative Silver






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to negligence; amending s.

  3         768.125, F.S.; providing civil liability for

  4         certain persons who knowingly provide alcoholic

  5         beverages to visibly intoxicated persons,

  6         underage persons, or persons addicted to the

  7         excessive use of alcohol; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 768.125, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         768.125  Liability for injury or damage resulting from

15  intoxication.--Any A person licensed under chapter 561 who

16  knowingly sells, gives, or furnishes, or otherwise provides

17  alcoholic beverages to a person who is visibly intoxicated of

18  lawful drinking age shall be not thereby become liable for

19  injury or damage caused by or resulting from the intoxication

20  of such person. Any, except that a person who willfully and

21  unlawfully sells, gives, or furnishes, or otherwise provides

22  alcoholic beverages to a person who, through the use of

23  reasonable procedures, should have been known to be is not of

24  lawful drinking age or who knowingly serves a person

25  habitually addicted to the excessive use of any or all

26  alcoholic beverages may become liable for injury or damage

27  caused by or resulting from the intoxication of such minor or

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29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1535

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      Provides that any person licensed under chapter 561,
  4    F.S., (the Beverage Law) who knowingly sells, gives,
      furnishes, or otherwise provides alcoholic beverages to a
  5    person who is visibly intoxicated shall be liable for
      injury or damages caused by or resulting from the
  6    intoxication of such person. Provides that any person
      licensed under chapter 561, F.S., who knowingly sells,
  7    gives, furnishes, or otherwise provides alcoholic
      beverages to a person who, through reasonable procedures,
  8    should have been known to be not of lawful drinking age
      or to a person habitually addicted to the excessive use
  9    of alcoholic beverages may be liable for injury or damage
      caused by or resulting from the intoxication of such
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