House Bill 1819

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1819

        By Representative R. Diaz de la Portilla






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to alcoholic beverage licenses;

  3         creating s. 561.265, F.S.; providing notice

  4         requirements prior to the issuance of a license

  5         to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on

  6         the premises; providing for the form of notice;

  7         providing for application; providing for the

  8         effect of local notice requirements; providing

  9         an 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.  Section 561.265, Florida Statutes, is

14  created to read:

15         561.265  License to sell alcoholic beverages for

16  consumption on premises; required notice.--

17         (1)  Every person applying for a license to sell

18  alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises shall

19  certify to the department that he or she has published notice

20  thereof as follows:

21         (a)  Publication of the notice took place in the county

22  where the prospective licensed premises are located.

23         (b)  Notice was published once a week for 2 successive

24  weeks in a daily newspaper as defined in chapter 50. If there

25  are no daily newspapers in the county where the premises are

26  located, then such notice was published in a weekly newspaper

27  published in the county where the premises are located. If no

28  daily or weekly newspaper is published in said county then

29  notice was posted as provided in s. 50.021.

30         (2)  Such notice shall be printed in English in

31  substantially the following form:

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  2         Notice is hereby given that application for the

  3         sale of (beer, wine, or liquor, as the case may

  4         be) on premises will be made by the undersigned

  5         at least 5 days after the last date of

  6         publication of this notice. Retail sale will

  7         take place in a (name of the type of

  8         establishment, be it a hotel, club, restaurant,

  9         vessel, etc.) located at (street address, city,

10         state, and zip code). Should any person desire

11         to speak to the matter of issuance of a license

12         for said premises, comments should be submitted

13         to the department at (address of the office

14         where the application will be made) in writing,

15         along with the name, address, and phone number

16         of the person making the comments.

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18                 Name of the applicant(s)

19               Address of the applicant(s)

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21         (3)  The provisions of this section shall apply only to

22  the application for the original license issued and shall not

23  apply to any license renewal by the same applicant at the same

24  location.

25         (4)  The original copy of the proof of publication

26  shall be submitted to the department with the application for

27  the license.

28         (5)  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this

29  section, in those municipalities or counties where publication

30  of notice is already required by an applicant for a license to

31  sell alcoholic beverages at retail, the local law or ordinance

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  1  shall control the publication requirements whether superior or

  2  inferior to this section. Where no notice of publication has

  3  been enacted at the local level, this section shall control

  4  the publication requirements.

  5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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  8                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides notice requirements prior to the issuance of an
10    alcoholic beverage license for the sale of alcoholic
      beverages for consumption on the premises. See bill for
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