Senate Bill sb0794

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 794

    By Senator Haridopolos





    26-850-05                                           See HB 241

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to alcohol-vaporizing devices;

  3         creating s. 562.61, F.S.; providing a

  4         definition of the term "alcohol-vaporizing

  5         devices"; prohibiting the sale, purchase, or

  6         use of machines or devices which vaporize

  7         alcohol; providing penalties; providing a fine;

  8         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.  Section 562.61, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         562.61  Sale, purchase, or use of alcohol-vaporizing

15  devices prohibited.--

16         (1)  For purposes of this section, "alcohol-vaporizing

17  device" means any device, machine, or process that mixes

18  spirits, liquor, or other alcohol products with pure oxygen or

19  other gas to produce a vaporized product for the purpose of

20  consumption by inhalation.

21         (2)  No person shall purchase, offer for sale, or use

22  an alcohol-vaporizing device.

23         (3)(a)  Any person who violates the provisions of this

24  section by selling or offering for sale an alcohol-vaporizing

25  device commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable

26  as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Any person who

27  violates the provisions of this section by selling or offering

28  for sale an alcohol-vaporizing device after having been

29  previously convicted of such an offense within the past 5

30  years commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as

31  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 794
    26-850-05                                           See HB 241




 1         (b)  Any person who violates this section by purchasing

 2  or using an alcohol-vaporizing device shall be subject to a

 3  fine of $250.

 4         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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