Senate Bill sb0202c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 202

    By the Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Services; and
    Senators Lee and Latvala




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the size of individual

  3         containers of malt beverages; amending s.

  4         563.06, F.S.; removing current restrictions on

  5         containers under a specified size; creating s.

  6         564.055, F.S.; providing certain size

  7         restrictions on containers in which cider is

  8         packaged and sold; providing 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.  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  law to the contrary, cider, as defined in s. 564.06(4), may be

29  sold by vendors at retail in any size individual container

30  containing no more than 32 ounces of cider; however, this

31  section does not prohibit cider from being packaged and sold

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 202
    303-1743-01




  1  in bulk, in kegs or barrels, or in any individual container

  2  that contains 1 gallon or more of cider, regardless of

  3  container type.

  4         Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2001.

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  6          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  7                         Senate Bill 202

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  9  Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 202 is different from
    Senate Bill 202 in that it:
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          Adds a new section that permits the sale of alcoholic
11        cider in individual containers of one gallon or more.

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