House Bill hb1309

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1309

        By Representative Gelber






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to sale of alcoholic beverages

  3         to minors; amending s. 768.125, F.S.; revising

  4         criteria with respect to liability for injury

  5         or damage for sale of alcoholic beverages to

  6         certain persons; providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Section 768.125, Florida Statutes, is

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12         768.125  Liability for injury or damage resulting from

13  intoxication.--A person who sells or furnishes alcoholic

14  beverages to a person of lawful drinking age shall not thereby

15  become liable for injury or damage caused by or resulting from

16  the intoxication of such person, except that a person who, by

17  failing to request and check one of the forms of

18  identification listed in s. 562.11(1)(b), willfully and

19  unlawfully sells or furnishes alcoholic beverages to a person

20  who is not of lawful drinking age or who knowingly serves a

21  person habitually addicted to the use of any or all alcoholic

22  beverages may become liable for injury or damage caused by or

23  resulting from the intoxication of such minor or person.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1309

    763-132-02






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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Revises a provision of law with respect to liability for
  4    the sale of alcoholic beverages to a person who is not of
      lawful drinking age to eliminate the willful and unlawful
  5    sale of such beverages and to provide for the failure to
      request and check certain forms of identification to
  6    confirm the age of the person to whom the beverages are
      sold.
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