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A bill to be entitled |
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An act relating to the Beverage Law; amending s. 561.19, |
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F.S.; providing procedures for issuance of a license that |
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becomes available because of a revocation; providing an |
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effective date. |
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
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561.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
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561.19 License issuance upon approval of division.-- |
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(2)(a) When beverage licenses become available by reason |
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of an increase in the population of a county,orby reason of a |
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county permitting the sale of intoxicating beverages when such |
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sale had been prohibited, or by reason of revocation of a quota |
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license,the division, if there are more applicants than the |
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number of available licenses, shall provide a method of double |
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random selection by public drawing to determine which applicants |
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shall be considered for issuance of licenses. The double random |
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selection drawing method shall allow each applicant whose |
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application is complete and does not disclose on its face any |
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matter rendering the applicant ineligible an equal opportunity |
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of obtaining an available license. After all applications are |
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filed with the director, the director shall then determine by |
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random selection drawing the order in which each applicant's |
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name shall be matched with a number selected by random drawing, |
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and that number shall determine the order in which the applicant |
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will be considered for a license. |
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Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. |