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        By the Committee on Regulated Services and Representatives
    Bitner, Albright, Jones, Sembler, Arnall, Pruitt, Kelly,
    Feeney, Gay, Garcia, Bradley, Littlefield, Bense, Maygarden
    and Casey
  1                      A bill to be entitled
  2         An act relating to the Department of Business
  3         and Professional Regulation; amending s.
  4         509.049, F.S.; revising language with respect
  5         to food service employee training; providing
  6         for a food service training certificate
  7         program; providing for approval of existing
  8         programs; providing for requests for
  9         competitive sealed proposals; amending s.
10         509.291, F.S.; revising the membership of the
11         Hotel and Restaurant Advisory Council; amending
12         s. 561.01, F.S.; revising the definition of the
13         term "licensee" under the Beverage Law;
14         amending s. 561.17, F.S.; revising a provision
15         relating to license and registration
16         applications under the Beverage Law; amending
17         s. 561.181, F.S.; revising language with
18         respect to temporary initial licenses; amending
19         s. 561.20, F.S.; revising language with respect
20         to the limitation on the number of alcoholic
21         beverage licenses issued; creating a special
22         license category for caterers; providing
23         conditions for operation; providing for
24         adoption of rules; amending s. 561.29, F.S.;
25         revising language with respect to the
26         revocation and suspension of licenses under the
27         Beverage Law to include another prohibition;
28         amending s. 561.32, F.S.; revising a provision
29         relating to the transfer of a license; amending
30         s. 561.331, F.S.; revising language with
31         respect to a temporary license issued upon
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  1         application for transfer, change of location,
  2         or change of type or series; amending s.
  3         565.05, F.S.; providing an exception regarding
  4         the purchase of alcoholic beverages by golf
  5         clubs; amending s. 565.06, F.S.; authorizing
  6         the sale of alcoholic beverages in certain
  7         individual containers at golf clubs; providing
  8         an 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 509.049, Florida Statutes, is
13  amended to read:
14         509.049  Food service employee training.--The division
15  shall adopt, by rule, minimum food safety protection standards
16  for the training of all food service employees who are
17  responsible for the storage, preparation, display, or serving
18  of foods to the public in establishments regulated under this
19  chapter.  These standards shall not include an examination,
20  but shall provide for a food safety training certificate
21  program for food service employees to be administered by a
22  private nonprofit provider chosen by the division.  The
23  division shall issue a request for competitive sealed
24  proposals which includes a statement of the contractual
25  services sought and all terms and conditions applicable to the
26  contract.  The division shall award the contract to the
27  provider whose proposal is determined in writing to be the
28  most advantageous to the state, taking into consideration the
29  price and the other criteria set forth in the request for
30  proposals.  The division shall contract with a provider on a
31  4-year basis and is authorized to promulgate by rule a per
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  1  employee fee to cover the contracted price for the program
  2  administered by the provider.  In making its selection, the
  3  division shall consider factors including, but not limited to,
  4  the experience and history of the provider in representing the
  5  food service industry, the provider's demonstrated commitment
  6  to food safety, and its ability to provide a statewide program
  7  with industry support and participation. Any food safety
  8  training program established and administered to food handler
  9  employees utilized at a public food service establishment
10  prior to the effective date of this act shall be submitted by
11  the operator to the division for its review and approval.  If
12  the food safety training program is approved by the division,
13  nothing in this section shall preclude any other operator of a
14  food service establishment from also utilizing the approved
15  program or require the employees of any operator to receive
16  training from or pay a fee to the division's contracted
17  provider.  Review and approval by the division of a program or
18  programs under this section shall include, but not be limited
19  to, the minimum food safety standards adopted by the division
20  in accordance with this section or certification.  It shall be
21  the duty of the licensee of the public food service
22  establishment to provide training in accordance with the
23  described rule to all employees under the licensee's
24  supervision or control.  The licensee may designate a
25  certified food service manager to perform this function as an
26  agent of the licensee.
27         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 509.291, Florida
28  Statutes, is amended to read:
29         509.291  Advisory council.--
30         (1)  There is created a 9-member an 18-member advisory
31  council.
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  1         (a)  The Secretary of Business and Professional
  2  Regulation shall appoint five 11 voting members to the
  3  advisory council. Each member appointed by the secretary must
  4  be an operator of an establishment licensed under this chapter
  5  and shall represent the industries regulated by the division,
  6  except that one member appointed by the secretary must be a
  7  layperson and shall represent the general public. Such members
  8  of the council shall serve staggered terms of 4 years.
  9         (b)  The division, the Department of Health, The
10  Florida Hotel and Motel Association, the Florida Restaurant
11  Association, the Florida Apartment Association, and the
12  Florida Association of Realtors shall each designate one
13  representative to serve as a voting member of the council, and
14  one member appointed by the secretary must be appointed to
15  represent nontransient public lodging establishments.  In
16  addition, one hospitality administration educator from an
17  institution of higher education affiliated with the
18  Hospitality Education Program pursuant to s. 509.302(2) shall
19  serve for a term of 2 years as an ex officio, nonvoting a
20  voting member of the council.  This single representative
21  shall be designated on a rotating basis by the institution or
22  institutions of higher education affiliated with this program
23  pursuant to s. 509.302(2).
24         (c)  Any member who fails to attend three consecutive
25  council meetings without good cause may be removed from the
26  council by the secretary.
27         Section 3.  Subsection (14) of section 561.01, Florida
28  Statutes, is amended to read:
29         561.01  Definitions.--As used in the Beverage Law:
30         (14)  "Licensee," "applicant," or "person" means a
31  legal or business entity, person, or persons that hold a
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  1  license issued by the division and meet the qualifications set
  2  forth in s. 561.15 an individual, corporation, firm,
  3  partnership, limited partnership, incorporated association,
  4  unincorporated association, professional association, or other
  5  legal or commercial entity; a combination of such entities; or
  6  any such entity having a financial interest, directly or
  7  indirectly, in another such entity.
  8         Section 4.  Subsection (1) of section 561.17, Florida
  9  Statutes, is amended to read:
10         561.17  License and registration applications; approved
11  person.--
12         (1)  Any person, before engaging in the business of
13  manufacturing, bottling, distributing, selling, or in any way
14  dealing in alcoholic beverages, shall file, with the district
15  licensing personnel supervisor of the district of the division
16  in which the place of business for which a license is sought
17  is located, a sworn application in duplicate on forms provided
18  to the district licensing personnel supervisor by the
19  division. The applicant must be a legal or business entity,
20  person, or persons and must include all persons, officers,
21  shareholders, and directors of such legal or business entity
22  that have a direct or indirect interest in the business
23  seeking to be licensed under this part. However, the applicant
24  does not include any person that derives revenue from the
25  license solely through a contractual relationship with the
26  licensee, the substance of which contractual relationship is
27  not related to the control of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
28  Prior to any application being approved, the division may
29  require the applicant to file a set of fingerprints on regular
30  United States Department of Justice forms for herself or
31  himself and for any person or persons interested directly or
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  1  indirectly with the applicant in the business for which the
  2  license is being sought, when so required by the division.  If
  3  the applicant or any person who is interested with the
  4  applicant either directly or indirectly in the business or who
  5  has a security interest in the license being sought or has a
  6  right to a percentage payment from the proceeds of the
  7  business, either by lease or otherwise, is not qualified, the
  8  application shall be denied by the division.  However, any
  9  company regularly traded on a national securities exchange and
10  not over the counter; any insurer, as defined in the Florida
11  Insurance Code; or any bank or savings and loan association
12  chartered by this state, another state, or the United States
13  which has an interest, directly or indirectly, in an alcoholic
14  beverage license shall not be required to obtain division
15  approval of its officers, directors, or stockholders or any
16  change of such positions or interests.  A shopping center with
17  five or more stores, one or more of which has an alcoholic
18  beverage license and is required under a lease common to all
19  shopping center tenants to pay no more than 10 percent of the
20  gross proceeds of the business holding the license to the
21  shopping center, shall not be considered as having an
22  interest, directly or indirectly, in the license.
23         Section 5.  Section 561.181, Florida Statutes, is
24  amended to read:
25         561.181  Temporary initial licenses.--
26         (1)(a)  A temporary initial license shall not be
27  continued or extended during any proceeding for administrative
28  or judicial review pursuant to chapter 120 challenging or
29  appealing the final agency action denying the application when
30  the license application is denied due to the failure of the
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  1  applicant to disclose a prior felony conviction or the
  2  applicant's true identity.
  3         (b)  A temporary initial license shall be continued or
  4  extended during any proceeding for administrative or judicial
  5  review pursuant to chapter 120 challenging or appealing the
  6  final agency action denying the application when the license
  7  application is denied for reasons other than for the failure
  8  of the applicant to disclose a prior felony conviction or the
  9  applicant's true identity.
10         (c)  A temporary initial license shall be valid for up
11  to 90 days and may be extended by the division for an
12  additional period of time for good cause.
13         (2)(1)(a)  When any person has filed a properly
14  completed application which does not on its face disclose any
15  reason for denying an alcoholic beverage license, the division
16  shall issue to such person a temporary initial license of the
17  same type and series for which the application has been
18  submitted, to be valid for all purposes under the Beverage
19  Law, except as provided in paragraph (b).
20         (b)  A temporary initial license issued under this
21  section entitles a temporary licensee vendor to purchase
22  alcoholic beverages for cash only.  This paragraph does not
23  apply:
24         1.  If the entity holding the temporary initial license
25  is also the holder of a beverage license authorizing the
26  purchase of the same type of alcoholic beverages as is
27  authorized under the temporary initial license.
28         2.  To purchases made as part of a single-transaction
29  cooperative purchase placed by a pool buying agent.
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  1         (3)(2)  The temporary initial license shall be valid
  2  until the application is denied or until 14 days after the
  3  application is approved.
  4         (4)(3)  A temporary initial license shall expire and
  5  shall not be continued or extended beyond the date the
  6  division denies the application for license, beyond 14 days
  7  after the date the division approves the application for
  8  license, beyond the date the applicant pays the license fee
  9  for and the division issues the license applied for, beyond
10  the time period provided for under subsection (1), or beyond
11  the date the temporary initial license otherwise expires by
12  law, whichever date occurs first.
13         (5)(4)  Each applicant seeking a temporary initial
14  license shall pay to the division for such license a fee equal
15  to one-fourth of the annual license fee for the type and
16  series of license being applied for or $100, whichever is
17  greater, which fee shall be deposited into the General Revenue
18  Fund.
19         Section 6.  Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of
20  subsection (2) of section 561.20, Florida Statutes, are
21  amended to read:
22         561.20  Limitation upon number of licenses issued.--
23         (1)  No license under s. 565.02(1)(a)-(f), inclusive,
24  shall be issued so that the number of such licenses within the
25  limits of the territory of any county exceeds one such license
26  to each 7,500 5,000 residents within such county.  Regardless
27  of the number of quota licenses issued prior to October 1,
28  2000 1992, on and after that date, a new license under s.
29  565.02(1)(a)-(f), inclusive, shall be issued for each
30  population increase of 7,500 5,000 residents above the number
31  of residents who resided in the county according to the April
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  1  1, 1999 1991, Florida Estimate of Population as published by
  2  the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University
  3  of Florida, and thereafter, based on the last regular
  4  population estimate prepared pursuant to s. 186.901, for such
  5  county.  Such population estimates shall be the basis for
  6  annual license issuance regardless of any local acts to the
  7  contrary. However, such limitation shall not prohibit the
  8  issuance of at least three licenses in any county that may
  9  approve the sale of intoxicating liquors in such county.
10         (2)(a)  No such limitation of the number of licenses as
11  herein provided shall henceforth prohibit the issuance of a
12  special license to:
13         1.  Any bona fide hotel, motel, or motor court of not
14  fewer than 80 guest rooms in any county having a population of
15  less than 50,000 residents, and of not fewer than 100 guest
16  rooms in any county having a population of 50,000 residents or
17  greater; or any bona fide hotel or motel located in a historic
18  structure, as defined in s. 561.01(21), with fewer than 100
19  guest rooms which derives at least 51 percent of its gross
20  revenue from the rental of hotel or motel rooms, which is
21  licensed as a public lodging establishment by the Division of
22  Hotels and Restaurants; provided, however, that a bona fide
23  hotel or motel with no fewer than 10 and no more than 25 guest
24  rooms which is a historic structure, as defined in s.
25  561.01(21), in a municipality that on the effective date of
26  this act has a population, according to the University of
27  Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research Estimates
28  of Population for 1998, of no fewer than 25,000 and no more
29  than 35,000 residents and that is within a constitutionally
30  chartered county may be issued a special license. This special
31  license shall allow the sale and consumption of alcoholic
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  1  beverages only on the licensed premises of the hotel or motel.
  2  In addition, the hotel or motel must derive at least 60
  3  percent of its gross revenue from the rental of hotel or motel
  4  rooms and the sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages;
  5  provided that the provisions of this subparagraph shall
  6  supersede local laws requiring a greater number of hotel
  7  rooms;
  8         2.  Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer
  9  than 100 condominium units are wholly rentable to transients
10  and which is licensed under the provisions of chapter 509,
11  except that the license shall be issued only to the person or
12  corporation which operates the hotel or motel operation and
13  not to the association of condominium owners;
14         3.  Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer
15  than 50 condominium units are wholly rentable to transients,
16  which is licensed under the provisions of chapter 509, and
17  which is located in any county having home rule under s. 10 or
18  s. 11, Art. VIII of the State Constitution of 1885, as
19  amended, and incorporated by reference in s. 6(e), Art. VIII
20  of the State Constitution, except that the license shall be
21  issued only to the person or corporation which operates the
22  hotel or motel operation and not to the association of
23  condominium owners; or
24         4.  Any restaurant having 2,500 square feet of service
25  area and equipped to serve 150 persons full course meals at
26  tables at one time, and deriving at least 51 percent of its
27  gross revenue from the sale of food and nonalcoholic
28  beverages; however, no restaurant granted a special license on
29  or after January 1, 1958, pursuant to general or special law
30  shall operate as a package store, nor shall intoxicating
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  1  beverages be sold under such license after the hours of
  2  serving food have elapsed; or.
  3         5.  Any caterer licensed by the Division of Hotels and
  4  Restaurants under chapter 509. Notwithstanding any other
  5  provision of law to the contrary, a licensee under this
  6  subparagraph shall sell or serve alcoholic beverages only for
  7  consumption on the premises of a catered event at which the
  8  licensee is also providing prepared food, and shall
  9  prominently display its license at any catered event at which
10  the caterer is selling or serving alcoholic beverages. A
11  licensee under this subparagraph shall purchase all alcoholic
12  beverages it sells or serves at a catered event from a vendor
13  licensed under s. 563.02(1), s. 564.02(1), or s. 561.20(1), as
14  appropriate. A licensee under this subparagraph may not store
15  any alcoholic beverages to be sold or served at a catered
16  event. Any alcoholic beverages purchased by a licensee under
17  this subparagraph for a catered event that are not used at
18  that event must remain with the customer; provided that if the
19  vendor accepts unopened alcoholic beverages, the licensee may
20  return such alcoholic beverages, to the vendor for a credit or
21  reimbursement. Regardless of the county or counties in which
22  the licensee operates, a licensee under this subparagraph
23  shall pay the annual state license tax set forth in s.
24  565.02(1)(b). A licensee under this subparagraph must maintain
25  for a period of 3 years all records required by the department
26  by rule to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of
27  this subparagraph, including licensed vendor receipts for the
28  purchase of alcoholic beverages and records identifying each
29  customer and the location and date of each catered event.
30  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any
31  vendor licensed under s. 561.20(1) may, without any additional
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  1  licensure under this subparagraph, serve or sell alcoholic
  2  beverages for consumption on the premises of a catered event
  3  at which prepared food is provided by a caterer licensed under
  4  chapter 509. If a licensee under this subparagraph also
  5  possesses any other license under the Beverage Law, the
  6  license issued under this subparagraph shall not authorize the
  7  holder to conduct activities on the premises to which the
  8  other license or licenses apply that would otherwise be
  9  prohibited by the terms of that license or the Beverage Law.
10  Nothing in this section shall permit the licensee to conduct
11  activities that are otherwise prohibited by the Beverage Law
12  or local law.  The Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
13  is hereby authorized to adopt rules to administer the license
14  created in this subparagraph, to include rules governing
15  licensure, recordkeeping, and enforcement. All fees collected
16  by the division pursuant to this subparagraph shall be
17  deposited into the Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund created
18  pursuant to s. 509.072.
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20  However, any license heretofore issued to any such hotel,
21  motel, motor court, or restaurant or hereafter issued to any
22  such hotel, motel, or motor court, including a condominium
23  accommodation, under the general law shall not be moved to a
24  new location, such license being valid only on the premises of
25  such hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant. Licenses issued
26  to hotels, motels, motor courts, or restaurants under the
27  general law and held by such hotels, motels, motor courts, or
28  restaurants on May 24, 1947, shall be counted in the quota
29  limitation contained in subsection (1).  Any license issued
30  for any hotel, motel, or motor court under the provisions of
31  this law shall be issued only to the owner of the hotel,
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  1  motel, or motor court or, in the event the hotel, motel, or
  2  motor court is leased, to the lessee of the hotel, motel, or
  3  motor court; and the license shall remain in the name of the
  4  owner or lessee so long as the license is in existence. Any
  5  special license now in existence heretofore issued under the
  6  provisions of this law cannot be renewed except in the name of
  7  the owner of the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant or,
  8  in the event the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant is
  9  leased, in the name of the lessee of the hotel, motel, motor
10  court, or restaurant in which the license is located and must
11  remain in the name of the owner or lessee so long as the
12  license is in existence.  Any license issued under this
13  section shall be marked "Special," and nothing herein provided
14  shall limit, restrict, or prevent the issuance of a special
15  license for any restaurant or motel which shall hereafter meet
16  the requirements of the law existing immediately prior to the
17  effective date of this act, if construction of such restaurant
18  has commenced prior to the effective date of this act and is
19  completed within 30 days thereafter, or if an application is
20  on file for such special license at the time this act takes
21  effect; and any such licenses issued under this proviso may be
22  annually renewed as now provided by law.  Nothing herein
23  prevents an application for transfer of a license to a bona
24  fide purchaser of any hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant
25  by the purchaser of such facility or the transfer of such
26  license pursuant to law.
27         Section 7.  Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (1) of
28  section 561.29, Florida Statutes, to read:
29         561.29  Revocation and suspension of license; power to
30  subpoena.--
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  1         (1)  The division is given full power and authority to
  2  revoke or suspend the license of any person holding a license
  3  under the Beverage Law, when it is determined or found by the
  4  division upon sufficient cause appearing of:
  5         (k)  Failure by the holder of any license issued under
  6  the Beverage Law to comply with a stipulation, consent order,
  7  or final order.
  8         Section 8.  Subsection (5) of section 561.32, Florida
  9  Statutes, is amended to read:
10         561.32  Transfer of licenses; change of officers or
11  directors; transfer of interest.--
12         (5)  The division shall waive the transfer fee and the
13  delinquent penalties, but not the license renewal fee, when
14  the transfer of an interest in an alcoholic beverage license
15  occurs by operation of law because of a death, judicial
16  proceedings, court appointment of a fiduciary, foreclosure or
17  forced judicial sale, bankruptcy proceedings, or seizure of a
18  license by a government agency.
19         Section 9.  Section 561.331, Florida Statutes, is
20  amended to read:
21         561.331  Temporary license upon application for
22  transfer, change of location, or change of type or series.--
23         (1)(a)  A temporary license for transfer, change of
24  location, or change of type or series shall not be continued
25  or extended during any proceeding for administrative or
26  judicial review pursuant to chapter 120 challenging or
27  appealing the final agency action denying the application when
28  the license application is denied due to the failure of the
29  applicant to disclose a prior felony conviction or the
30  applicant's true identity.
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  1         (b)  A temporary license for transfer, change of
  2  location, or change of type or series shall be continued or
  3  extended during any proceeding for administrative or judicial
  4  review pursuant to chapter 120 challenging or appealing the
  5  final agency action denying the application when the license
  6  application is denied for reasons other than the failure of
  7  the applicant to disclose all prior felony convictions or the
  8  applicant's true identity.
  9         (c)  A temporary license shall be valid for up to 90
10  days and may be extended by the division for an additional
11  period of time for good cause.
12         (2)(1)  Upon the filing of a properly completed
13  application for transfer pursuant to s. 561.32, which
14  application does not on its face disclose any reason for
15  denying an alcoholic beverage license, by any purchaser of a
16  business which possesses a beverage license of any type or
17  series, the purchaser of such business and the applicant for
18  transfer are entitled as a matter of right to receive a
19  temporary beverage license of the same type and series as that
20  held by the seller of such business.  The temporary license
21  will be valid for all purposes under the Beverage Law until
22  the application is denied, or until 14 days after the
23  application is approved, or until the time period provided
24  under subsection (1) has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Such
25  temporary beverage license shall be issued by the district
26  supervisor of the district in which the application for
27  transfer is made upon the payment of a fee of $100. A
28  temporary licensee, while purchaser operating under a valid
29  temporary license issued under the provisions of this
30  subsection, is subject to the same rights, privileges, duties,
31  and limitations of a beverage licensee as are provided by the
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  1  Beverage Law, except that purchases of alcoholic beverages
  2  during the term of such temporary license shall be for cash
  3  only. However, such cash-only restriction does not apply if
  4  the entity holding a temporary license pursuant to this
  5  section purchases alcoholic beverages as part of a
  6  single-transaction cooperative purchase placed by a pool
  7  buying agent or if such entity is also the holder of a state
  8  beverage license authorizing the purchase of the same type of
  9  alcoholic beverages as authorized under the temporary license.
10         (3)(2)  Upon the filing of a properly completed an
11  application for change of location pursuant to s. 561.33 by
12  any qualified licensee who possesses a beverage license of any
13  type or series, which application does not on its face
14  disclose any reason for denying an alcoholic beverage license,
15  the licensee is entitled as a matter of right to receive a
16  temporary beverage license of the same series as that license
17  held by the licensee to be valid for all purposes under the
18  Beverage Law until the application is denied, or until 14 days
19  after the application is approved, or until the time period
20  provided under subsection (1) has elapsed, whichever occurs
21  first.  Such temporary license shall be issued by the district
22  supervisor of the district in which the application for change
23  of location is made without the payment of any further fee or
24  tax.  A temporary licensee, while operating under a valid
25  temporary license issued under the provisions of this
26  subsection, is subject to the same rights, privileges, duties,
27  and limitations of a beverage licensee as are provided by the
28  Beverage Law.
29         (4)(3)  Upon the filing of a properly completed
30  application to change the type or series of a beverage license
31  by any qualified licensee having a beverage license of any
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  1  type or series, which application does not on its face
  2  disclose any reason for denying an alcoholic beverage license,
  3  the licensee is entitled as a matter of right to receive a
  4  temporary beverage license of the type or series applied for,
  5  which temporary license is valid for all purposes under the
  6  Beverage Law until the application is denied, or until 14 days
  7  after the application is approved, or until the time period
  8  provided under subsection (1) has elapsed, whichever occurs
  9  first.  Such temporary license shall be issued by the district
10  supervisor of the district in which the application for change
11  of type or series is made.  If the fee for the type or series
12  or license applied for is greater than the fee for the license
13  then held by the applicant, the applicant for such temporary
14  license must pay a fee in the amount of $100 or one-fourth of
15  the difference between the fees, whichever amount is greater.
16  A fee is not required for an application for a temporary
17  license of a type or series for which the fee is the same as
18  or less than the fee for the license then held by the
19  applicant. The holder of A temporary licensee, while operating
20  under a valid temporary license under this subsection, is
21  subject to the same rights, privileges, duties, and
22  limitations of a beverage licensee as are provided by the
23  Beverage Law.
24         (5)(4)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to
25  permit the transfer or issuance of temporary licenses contrary
26  to the county-by-county limitation on the number of such
27  licenses based on population as provided in s. 561.20(1).
28         Section 10.  Section 565.05, Florida Statutes, is
29  amended to read:
30         565.05  Purchase of distilled spirits by licensed
31  clubs; size of individual containers.--It is unlawful for any
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  1  person holding a license as a club for the sale of distilled
  2  spirits to purchase any of said distilled spirits in
  3  individual containers larger than 1.75 liters or 59.18 ounces,
  4  or smaller than 0.50 liter or 16.9 ounces, except for golf
  5  clubs licensed pursuant to s. 561.20(7)(b), which may purchase
  6  50 milliliter or 1.7 ounce containers.
  7         Section 11.  Section 565.06, Florida Statutes, is
  8  amended to read:
  9         565.06  Clubs to sell only individual drinks.--It is
10  unlawful for any person holding a license as a club for the
11  sale of intoxicating liquors and beverages to sell the same
12  except by the individual drink. However, golf clubs licensed
13  pursuant to s. 561.20(7)(b) may sell individual containers of
14  50 milliliters or 1.7 ounces for consumption on the premises
15  only.
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