House Bill hb0187c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001              CS/HB 187

        By the Committee on Business Regulation and Representative
    Maygarden





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to alcoholic beverage container

  3         sizes; amending s. 563.06, F.S.; removing

  4         current restrictions on malt beverage

  5         containers under a specified size; creating s.

  6         564.055, F.S.; providing container size

  7         restrictions on cider; providing an effective

  8         date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (6) of section 563.06, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         563.06  Malt beverages; imprint on individual

15  container; size of containers; exemptions.--

16         (6)  All malt beverages packaged in individual

17  containers sold or offered for sale by vendors at retail in

18  this state shall be in individual containers containing no

19  more than only 8, 12, 16, or 32 ounces of such malt beverages;

20  provided, however, that nothing contained in this section

21  shall affect malt beverages packaged in bulk or in kegs or in

22  barrels or in any individual container containing 1 gallon or

23  more of such malt beverage regardless of individual container

24  type.

25         Section 2.  Section 564.055, Florida Statutes, is

26  created to read:

27         564.055  Cider containers.--Notwithstanding any other

28  provision of law to the contrary, cider, as defined in s.

29  564.06(4), may be sold by vendors at retail in any size

30  individual container containing no more than 32 ounces of

31  cider; provided, however, that nothing contained in this

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001              CS/HB 187

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  1  section shall prohibit cider from being packaged and sold in

  2  bulk or in kegs or barrels or in any individual container

  3  containing one gallon or more of cider regardless of container

  4  type.

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

  6  law.

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