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House Bill 3363



    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3363

        By the Committee on Regulated Services and Representative
    Morroni





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to alcoholic beverages and

  3         tobacco; amending s. 210.10, F.S.; correcting a

  4         cross reference with respect to the powers and

  5         duties of the Division of Alcoholic Beverages

  6         and Tobacco; amending s. 562.45, F.S.; revising

  7         obsolete language with respect to penalties for

  8         violating the Beverage Law; providing an

  9         effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 210.10, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         210.10  General powers of the Division of Alcoholic

16  Beverages and Tobacco.--

17         (2)  The division and all officers and employees under

18  this part shall, in the administration thereof and in the

19  administration of the State Beverage Law, have all the

20  authority and power vested in officers and employees of the

21  division as provided by s. 20.165 s. 561.07, and such power

22  and authority is hereby conferred upon the division and all

23  officers and employees under this part with respect to the

24  administration of this part and also with respect to the

25  administration of the Beverage Law.

26         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 562.45, Florida

27  Statutes, is amended to read:

28         562.45  Penalties for violating Beverage Law; local

29  ordinances; prohibiting regulation of certain activities or

30  business transactions; requiring nondiscriminatory treatment;

31  providing exceptions.--

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3363

    615-109-98






  1         (1)  Any person willfully and knowingly making any

  2  false entries in any records required under the Beverage Law

  3  or willfully violating any of the provisions of the Beverage

  4  Law, concerning the excise tax herein provided for commits

  5  shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as

  6  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.  It is

  7  unlawful for any person to violate any provision of the

  8  Beverage Law, and any person who violates any provision of the

  9  Beverage Law for which no penalty has been provided commits

10  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree,

11  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; provided,

12  that any person who shall have been convicted of a violation

13  of any provision of the Beverage Law and shall thereafter be

14  convicted of a further violation of the Beverage Law, shall,

15  upon conviction of said further offense, be guilty of a felony

16  of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.

17  775.083, or s. 775.084.

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

19  law.

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22                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Corrects a cross reference with respect to the powers and
24    duties of the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
      and revises obsolete language with respect to penalties
25    for violations of the Beverage Law. See bill for details.

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