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    By the Committee on Regulated Industries and Senator King





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  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. 561.20, F.S.; revising language with respect

18         to the limitation on the number of alcoholic

19         beverage licenses issued; creating a special

20         license category for caterers; providing

21         conditions for operation; providing for

22         adoption of rules; amending s. 561.29, F.S.;

23         revising language with respect to the

24         revocation and suspension of licenses under the

25         Beverage Law to include another prohibition;

26         amending s. 561.32, F.S.; revising a provision

27         relating to the transfer of a license; amending

28         s. 565.05, F.S.; providing an exception

29         regarding the purchase of alcoholic beverages

30         by golf clubs; amending s. 565.06, F.S.;

31         authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages in

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  1         certain individual containers at golf clubs;

  2         amending s. 561.181, F.S.; revising provisions

  3         relating to the duration of temporary initial

  4         licenses; amending s. 561.331, F.S.; revising

  5         provisions relating to the duration of

  6         temporary transfer licenses; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Section 509.049, Florida Statutes, is

12  amended to read:

13         509.049  Food service employee training.--The division

14  shall adopt, by rule, minimum food safety protection standards

15  for the training of all food service employees who are

16  responsible for the storage, preparation, display, or serving

17  of foods to the public in establishments regulated under this

18  chapter.  These standards shall not include an examination,

19  but shall provide for a food safety training certificate

20  program for food service employees to be administered by a

21  private nonprofit provider chosen by the division.  The

22  division shall issue a request for competitive sealed

23  proposals which includes a statement of the contractual

24  services sought and all terms and conditions applicable to the

25  contract.  The division shall award the contract to the

26  provider whose proposal is determined in writing to be the

27  most advantageous to the state, taking into consideration the

28  price and the other criteria set forth in the request for

29  proposals.  The division shall contract with a provider on a

30  4-year basis and is authorized to promulgate by rule a per

31  employee fee to cover the contracted price for the program

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  1  administered by the provider.  In making its selection, the

  2  division shall consider factors including, but not limited to,

  3  the experience and history of the provider in representing the

  4  food service industry, the provider's demonstrated commitment

  5  to food safety, and its ability to provide a statewide program

  6  with industry support and participation. Any food safety

  7  training program established and administered to food handler

  8  employees utilized at a public food service establishment

  9  prior to the effective date of this act shall be submitted by

10  the operator to the division for its review and approval.  If

11  the food safety training program is approved by the division,

12  nothing in this section shall preclude any other operator of a

13  food service establishment from also utilizing the approved

14  program or require the employees of any operator to receive

15  training from or pay a fee to the division's contracted

16  provider.  Review and approval by the division of a program or

17  programs under this section shall include, but not be limited

18  to, the minimum food safety standards adopted by the division

19  in accordance with this section or certification.  It shall be

20  the duty of the licensee of the public food service

21  establishment to provide training in accordance with the

22  described rule to all employees under the licensee's

23  supervision or control.  The licensee may designate a

24  certified food service manager to perform this function as an

25  agent of the licensee.

26         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 509.291, Florida

27  Statutes, is amended to read:

28         509.291  Advisory council.--

29         (1)  There is created a ten-member an 18-member

30  advisory 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 a voting member of the council.

20  This single representative shall be designated on a rotating

21  basis by the institution or institutions of higher education

22  affiliated with this program pursuant to s. 509.302(2).

23         (c)  Any member who fails to attend three consecutive

24  council meetings without good cause may be removed from the

25  council by the secretary.

26         Section 3.  Subsection (14) of section 561.01, Florida

27  Statutes, is amended to read:

28         561.01  Definitions.--As used in the Beverage Law:

29         (14)  "Licensee," "applicant," or "person" means a

30  legal or business entity, person, or persons that hold a

31  license issued by the division and meet the qualifications set

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  1  forth in s. 561.15 an individual, corporation, firm,

  2  partnership, limited partnership, incorporated association,

  3  unincorporated association, professional association, or other

  4  legal or commercial entity; a combination of such entities; or

  5  any such entity having a financial interest, directly or

  6  indirectly, in another such entity.

  7         Section 4.  Subsection (1) of section 561.17, Florida

  8  Statutes, is amended to read:

  9         561.17  License and registration applications; approved

10  person.--

11         (1)  Any person, before engaging in the business of

12  manufacturing, bottling, distributing, selling, or in any way

13  dealing in alcoholic beverages, shall file, with the district

14  licensing personnel supervisor of the district of the division

15  in which the place of business for which a license is sought

16  is located, a sworn application in duplicate on forms provided

17  to the district licensing personnel supervisor by the

18  division. The applicant must be a legal or business entity,

19  person, or persons and must include all persons, officers,

20  shareholders, and directors of such legal or business entity

21  that have a direct or indirect interest in the business

22  seeking to be licensed under this part. However, the applicant

23  does not include any person that derives revenue from the

24  license solely through a contractual relationship with the

25  licensee, the substance of which contractual relationship is

26  not related to the control of the sale of alcoholic beverages.

27  Prior to any application being approved, the division may

28  require the applicant to file a set of fingerprints on regular

29  United States Department of Justice forms for herself or

30  himself and for any person or persons interested directly or

31  indirectly with the applicant in the business for which the

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  1  license is being sought, when so required by the division.  If

  2  the applicant or any person who is interested with the

  3  applicant either directly or indirectly in the business or who

  4  has a security interest in the license being sought or has a

  5  right to a percentage payment from the proceeds of the

  6  business, either by lease or otherwise, is not qualified, the

  7  application shall be denied by the division.  However, any

  8  company regularly traded on a national securities exchange and

  9  not over the counter; any insurer, as defined in the Florida

10  Insurance Code; or any bank or savings and loan association

11  chartered by this state, another state, or the United States

12  which has an interest, directly or indirectly, in an alcoholic

13  beverage license shall not be required to obtain division

14  approval of its officers, directors, or stockholders or any

15  change of such positions or interests.  A shopping center with

16  five or more stores, one or more of which has an alcoholic

17  beverage license and is required under a lease common to all

18  shopping center tenants to pay no more than 10 percent of the

19  gross proceeds of the business holding the license to the

20  shopping center, shall not be considered as having an

21  interest, directly or indirectly, in the license.

22         Section 5.  Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of

23  subsection (2) of section 561.20, Florida Statutes, are

24  amended to read:

25         561.20  Limitation upon number of licenses issued.--

26         (1)  No license under s. 565.02(1)(a)-(f), inclusive,

27  shall be issued so that the number of such licenses within the

28  limits of the territory of any county exceeds one such license

29  to each 7,500 5,000 residents within such county.  Regardless

30  of the number of quota licenses issued prior to October 1,

31  2000 1992, on and after that date, a new license under s.

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  1  565.02(1)(a)-(f), inclusive, shall be issued for each

  2  population increase of 7,500 5,000 residents above the number

  3  of residents who resided in the county according to the April

  4  1, 1999 1991, Florida Estimate of Population as published by

  5  the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University

  6  of Florida, and thereafter, based on the last regular

  7  population estimate prepared pursuant to s. 186.901, for such

  8  county.  Such population estimates shall be the basis for

  9  annual license issuance regardless of any local acts to the

10  contrary. However, such limitation shall not prohibit the

11  issuance of at least three licenses in any county that may

12  approve the sale of intoxicating liquors in such county.

13         (2)(a)  No such limitation of the number of licenses as

14  herein provided shall henceforth prohibit the issuance of a

15  special license to:

16         1.  Any bona fide hotel, motel, or motor court of not

17  fewer than 80 guest rooms in any county having a population of

18  less than 50,000 residents, and of not fewer than 100 guest

19  rooms in any county having a population of 50,000 residents or

20  greater; or any bona fide hotel or motel located in a historic

21  structure, as defined in s. 561.01(21), with fewer than 100

22  guest rooms which derives at least 51 percent of its gross

23  revenue from the rental of hotel or motel rooms, which is

24  licensed as a public lodging establishment by the Division of

25  Hotels and Restaurants; provided, however, that a bona fide

26  hotel or motel with no fewer than 10 and no more than 25 guest

27  rooms which is a historic structure, as defined in s.

28  561.01(21), in a municipality that on the effective date of

29  this act has a population, according to the University of

30  Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research Estimates

31  of Population for 1998, of no fewer than 25,000 and no more

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  1  than 35,000 residents and that is within a constitutionally

  2  chartered county may be issued a special license. This special

  3  license shall allow the sale and consumption of alcoholic

  4  beverages only on the licensed premises of the hotel or motel.

  5  In addition, the hotel or motel must derive at least 60

  6  percent of its gross revenue from the rental of hotel or motel

  7  rooms and the sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages;

  8  provided that the provisions of this subparagraph shall

  9  supersede local laws requiring a greater number of hotel

10  rooms;

11         2.  Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer

12  than 100 condominium units are wholly rentable to transients

13  and which is licensed under the provisions of chapter 509,

14  except that the license shall be issued only to the person or

15  corporation which operates the hotel or motel operation and

16  not to the association of condominium owners;

17         3.  Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer

18  than 50 condominium units are wholly rentable to transients,

19  which is licensed under the provisions of chapter 509, and

20  which is located in any county having home rule under s. 10 or

21  s. 11, Art. VIII of the State Constitution of 1885, as

22  amended, and incorporated by reference in s. 6(e), Art. VIII

23  of the State Constitution, except that the license shall be

24  issued only to the person or corporation which operates the

25  hotel or motel operation and not to the association of

26  condominium owners; or

27         4.  Any restaurant having 2,500 square feet of service

28  area and equipped to serve 150 persons full course meals at

29  tables at one time, and deriving at least 51 percent of its

30  gross revenue from the sale of food and nonalcoholic

31  beverages; however, no restaurant granted a special license on

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  1  or after January 1, 1958, pursuant to general or special law

  2  shall operate as a package store, nor shall intoxicating

  3  beverages be sold under such license after the hours of

  4  serving food have elapsed; or.

  5         5.  Any caterer licensed by the Division of Hotels and

  6  Restaurants under chapter 509. Notwithstanding any other

  7  provision of law to the contrary, a licensee under this

  8  subparagraph shall sell or serve alcoholic beverages only for

  9  consumption on the premises of a catered event at which the

10  licensee is also providing prepared food, and shall

11  prominently display its license at any catered event at which

12  the caterer is selling or serving alcoholic beverages. A

13  licensee under this subparagraph shall purchase all alcoholic

14  beverages it sells or serves at a catered event from a vendor

15  licensed under s. 563.02(1) or s. 564.02(1), or licensed under

16  s. 565.02(1) subject to the limitation imposed in s.

17  561.20(1), as appropriate. A licensee under this subparagraph

18  may not store any alcoholic beverages to be sold or served at

19  a catered event. Any alcoholic beverages purchased by a

20  licensee under this subparagraph for a catered event that are

21  not used at that event must remain with the customer; provided

22  that if the vendor accepts unopened alcoholic beverages, the

23  licensee may return such alcoholic beverages, to the vendor

24  for a credit or reimbursement. Regardless of the county or

25  counties in which the licensee operates, a licensee under this

26  subparagraph shall pay the annual state license tax set forth

27  in s. 565.02(1)(b). A licensee under this subparagraph must

28  maintain for a period of 3 years all records required by the

29  department by rule to demonstrate compliance with the

30  requirements of this subparagraph, including licensed vendor

31  receipts for the purchase of alcoholic beverages and records

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  1  identifying each customer and the location and date of each

  2  catered event. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the

  3  contrary, any vendor licensed under s. 565.02(1) subject to

  4  the limitation imposed in s. 561.20(1) may, without any

  5  additional licensure under this subparagraph, serve or sell

  6  alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises of a

  7  catered event at which prepared food is provided by a caterer

  8  licensed under chapter 509. If a licensee under this

  9  subparagraph also possesses any other license under the

10  Beverage Law, the license issued under this subparagraph shall

11  not authorize the holder to conduct activities on the premises

12  to which the other license or licenses apply that would

13  otherwise be prohibited by the terms of that license or the

14  Beverage Law.  Nothing in this section shall permit the

15  licensee to conduct activities that are otherwise prohibited

16  by the Beverage Law or local law.  The Division of Alcoholic

17  Beverages and Tobacco is hereby authorized to adopt rules to

18  administer the license created in this subparagraph, to

19  include rules governing licensure, recordkeeping, and

20  enforcement. The first $300,000 in fees collected by the

21  division each fiscal year pursuant to this subparagraph shall

22  be deposited in the Department of Children and Family

23  Services' Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund to be used

24  only for alcohol and drug abuse education, treatment and

25  prevention programs. The remainder of the fees collected shall

26  be deposited into the Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund created

27  pursuant to s. 509.072.

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29  However, any license heretofore issued to any such hotel,

30  motel, motor court, or restaurant or hereafter issued to any

31  such hotel, motel, or motor court, including a condominium

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  1  accommodation, under the general law shall not be moved to a

  2  new location, such license being valid only on the premises of

  3  such hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant. Licenses issued

  4  to hotels, motels, motor courts, or restaurants under the

  5  general law and held by such hotels, motels, motor courts, or

  6  restaurants on May 24, 1947, shall be counted in the quota

  7  limitation contained in subsection (1).  Any license issued

  8  for any hotel, motel, or motor court under the provisions of

  9  this law shall be issued only to the owner of the hotel,

10  motel, or motor court or, in the event the hotel, motel, or

11  motor court is leased, to the lessee of the hotel, motel, or

12  motor court; and the license shall remain in the name of the

13  owner or lessee so long as the license is in existence. Any

14  special license now in existence heretofore issued under the

15  provisions of this law cannot be renewed except in the name of

16  the owner of the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant or,

17  in the event the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant is

18  leased, in the name of the lessee of the hotel, motel, motor

19  court, or restaurant in which the license is located and must

20  remain in the name of the owner or lessee so long as the

21  license is in existence.  Any license issued under this

22  section shall be marked "Special," and nothing herein provided

23  shall limit, restrict, or prevent the issuance of a special

24  license for any restaurant or motel which shall hereafter meet

25  the requirements of the law existing immediately prior to the

26  effective date of this act, if construction of such restaurant

27  has commenced prior to the effective date of this act and is

28  completed within 30 days thereafter, or if an application is

29  on file for such special license at the time this act takes

30  effect; and any such licenses issued under this proviso may be

31  annually renewed as now provided by law.  Nothing herein

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  1  prevents an application for transfer of a license to a bona

  2  fide purchaser of any hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant

  3  by the purchaser of such facility or the transfer of such

  4  license pursuant to law.

  5         Section 6.  Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (1) of

  6  section 561.29, Florida Statutes, to read:

  7         561.29  Revocation and suspension of license; power to

  8  subpoena.--

  9         (1)  The division is given full power and authority to

10  revoke or suspend the license of any person holding a license

11  under the Beverage Law, when it is determined or found by the

12  division upon sufficient cause appearing of:

13         (k)  Failure by the holder of any license issued under

14  the Beverage Law to comply with a stipulation, consent order,

15  or final order.

16         Section 7.  Subsection (5) of section 561.32, Florida

17  Statutes, is amended to read:

18         561.32  Transfer of licenses; change of officers or

19  directors; transfer of interest.--

20         (5)  The division shall waive the transfer fee and the

21  delinquent penalties, but not the license renewal fee, when

22  the transfer of an interest in an alcoholic beverage license

23  occurs by operation of law because of a death, judicial

24  proceedings, court appointment of a fiduciary, foreclosure or

25  forced judicial sale, bankruptcy proceedings, or seizure of a

26  license by a government agency.

27         Section 8.  Section 565.05, Florida Statutes, is

28  amended to read:

29         565.05  Purchase of distilled spirits by licensed

30  clubs; size of individual containers.--It is unlawful for any

31  person holding a license as a club for the sale of distilled

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  1  spirits to purchase any of said distilled spirits in

  2  individual containers larger than 1.75 liters or 59.18 ounces,

  3  or smaller than 0.50 liter or 16.9 ounces, except for golf

  4  clubs licensed pursuant to s. 561.20(7)(b), which may purchase

  5  50 milliliter or 1.7 ounce containers.

  6         Section 9.  Section 565.06, Florida Statutes, is

  7  amended to read:

  8         565.06  Clubs to sell only individual drinks.--It is

  9  unlawful for any person holding a license as a club for the

10  sale of intoxicating liquors and beverages to sell the same

11  except by the individual drink. However, golf clubs licensed

12  pursuant to s. 561.20(7)(b) may sell individual containers of

13  50 milliliters or 1.7 ounces for consumption on the premises

14  only.

15         Section 10.  Section 561.181, Florida Statutes, is

16  amended to read:

17         561.181  Temporary initial licenses.--

18         (1)(a)  When any person has filed a properly completed

19  application which does not on its face disclose any reason for

20  denying an alcoholic beverage license, the division shall

21  issue to such person a temporary initial license of the same

22  type and series for which the application has been submitted,

23  to be valid for all purposes under the Beverage Law, except as

24  provided in paragraph (b).

25         (b)  A license issued under this section entitles a

26  vendor to purchase alcoholic beverages for cash only.  This

27  paragraph does not apply:

28         1.  If the entity holding the temporary initial license

29  is also the holder of a beverage license authorizing the

30  purchase of the same type of alcoholic beverages as is

31  authorized under the temporary license.

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  1         2.  To purchases made as part of a single-transaction

  2  cooperative purchase placed by a pool buying agent.

  3         (2)  The temporary initial license shall be valid until

  4  the application is denied or until 14 days after the

  5  application is approved.

  6         (2)(3)  A temporary initial license shall expire and

  7  shall not be continued or extended beyond the date the

  8  division denies the application for license, beyond 14 days

  9  after the date the division approves the application for

10  license, or beyond the date the applicant pays the license fee

11  for and the division issues the license applied for, or beyond

12  the date the temporary initial license otherwise expires by

13  law, whichever date occurs first. If the department issues a

14  notice of intent to deny the license application for failure

15  of the applicant to disclose the information required by s.

16  561.15(2) or (4), the initial temporary license expires and

17  shall not be extended during any proceeding for administrative

18  or judicial review pursuant to chapter 120.

19         (3)(4)  Each applicant seeking a temporary initial

20  license shall pay to the division for such license a fee equal

21  to one-fourth of the annual license fee for the type and

22  series of license being applied for or $100, whichever is

23  greater, which fee shall be deposited into the General Revenue

24  Fund.

25         Section 11.  Section 561.331, Florida Statutes, is

26  amended to read:

27         561.331  Temporary license upon application for

28  transfer, change of location, or change of type or series.--

29         (1)  Upon the filing of a properly completed

30  application for transfer pursuant to s. 561.32, which

31  application does not on its face disclose any reason for

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  1  denying an alcoholic beverage license, by any purchaser of a

  2  business which possesses a beverage license of any type or

  3  series, the purchaser of such business and the applicant for

  4  transfer are entitled as a matter of right to receive a

  5  temporary beverage license of the same type and series as that

  6  held by the seller of such business.  The temporary license

  7  will be valid for all purposes under the Beverage Law until

  8  the application is denied or until 14 days after the

  9  application is approved. Such temporary beverage license shall

10  be issued by the district supervisor of the district in which

11  the application for transfer is made upon the payment of a fee

12  of $100. A purchaser operating under the provisions of this

13  subsection is subject to the same rights, privileges, duties,

14  and limitations of a beverage licensee as are provided by law,

15  except that purchases of alcoholic beverages during the term

16  of such temporary license shall be for cash only. However,

17  such cash-only restriction does not apply if the entity

18  holding a temporary license pursuant to this section purchases

19  alcoholic beverages as part of a single-transaction

20  cooperative purchase placed by a pool buying agent or if such

21  entity is also the holder of a state beverage license

22  authorizing the purchase of the same type of alcoholic

23  beverages as authorized under the temporary license.

24         (2)  Upon the filing of an application for change of

25  location pursuant to s. 561.33 by any qualified licensee who

26  possesses a beverage license of any type or series, which

27  application does not on its face disclose any reason for

28  denying an alcoholic beverage license, the licensee is

29  entitled as a matter of right to receive a temporary beverage

30  license of the same series as that license held by the

31  licensee to be valid for all purposes under the Beverage Law

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  1  until the application is denied or until 14 days after the

  2  application is approved.  Such temporary license shall be

  3  issued by the district supervisor of the district in which the

  4  application for change of location is made without the payment

  5  of any further fee or tax.  A licensee operating under the

  6  provisions of this subsection is subject to the same rights,

  7  privileges, duties, and limitations of a beverage licensee as

  8  are provided by law.

  9         (3)  Upon the filing of a properly completed

10  application to change the type or series of a beverage license

11  by any qualified licensee having a beverage license of any

12  type or series, which application does not on its face

13  disclose any reason for denying an alcoholic beverage license,

14  the licensee is entitled as a matter of right to receive a

15  temporary beverage license of the type or series applied for,

16  which temporary license is valid for all purposes under the

17  Beverage Law until the application is denied or until 14 days

18  after the application is approved.  Such temporary license

19  shall be issued by the district supervisor of the district in

20  which the application for change of type or series is made. If

21  the department issues a notice of intent to deny the license

22  application for failure of the applicant to disclose the

23  information required by s. 561.15(2) or (4), the temporary

24  license for transfer, change of location, or change of type of

25  series expires and shall not be extended during any proceeding

26  for administrative or judicial review pursuant to chapter 120.

27  If the fee for the type or series or license applied for is

28  greater than the fee for the license then held by the

29  applicant, the applicant for such temporary license must pay a

30  fee in the amount of $100 or one-fourth of the difference

31  between the fees, whichever amount is greater.  A fee is not

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  1  required for an application for a temporary license of a type

  2  or series for which the fee is the same as or less than the

  3  fee for the license then held by the applicant. The holder of

  4  a temporary license under this subsection is subject to the

  5  same rights, privileges, duties, and limitations of a beverage

  6  licensee as are provided by law.

  7         (4)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to

  8  permit the transfer or issuance of temporary licenses contrary

  9  to the county-by-county limitation on the number of such

10  licenses based on population as provided in s. 561.20(1).

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  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  2                         Senate Bill 2542

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  4  The Proposed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2542:

  5  -     Requires the Division of Hotels and Restaurants to adopt
          a rule providing for a food safety training certificate
  6        program to be administered by a private nonprofit
          provider under a contract with the Division of Hotels
  7        and Restaurants.

  8  -     Reduces the number of members of the Division of Hotels
          and Restaurants' advisory council from 18 to 10.
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    -     Defines who may be an applicant for an alcoholic
10        beverage license and revises the requirements as to
          information provided on applications.
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    -     Creates a new special liquor license for caterers and
12        authorizes vendors holding quota licenses to sell
          alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption at a
13        catered event.

14  -     Provides that the first $300,000 collected in caterer
          license fees is to be deposited in the Department of
15        Children and Family Services' Operations and Maintenance
          Trust Fund.
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    -     Provides that if an alcoholic beverage license applicant
17        receives notice from the Department of intent to deny
          the license application for failure to disclose
18        information relating to prior convictions, the temporary
          license expires and is not extended during any formal
19        hearings relating to the denial.

20  -     Deletes provision in original bill regarding failure to
          remit alcoholic beverage surcharges.
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    -     Allows golf clubs to purchase and sell 50 milliliter or
22        1.7 ounce containers for consumption on the premises
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