Senate Bill sb2936

    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SB 2936

    By Senators Crist, Joyner and Justice





    12-1887-07                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Hillsborough County;

  3         authorizing the Division of Alcoholic Beverages

  4         and Tobacco of the Department of Business and

  5         Professional Regulation to issue an alcoholic

  6         beverage license to Tampa Bay History Center,

  7         Inc., for use within the Tampa Bay History

  8         Center building and grounds; providing the

  9         license may be used for special events only;

10         providing for payment of the license fee;

11         providing for sale of beverages for consumption

12         within the Tampa Bay History Center building

13         and grounds; providing for removal from the

14         premises of partially consumed, open

15         containers; providing for transfer of the

16         license; providing an effective date.

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

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20         Section 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

21  the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the

22  Department of Business and Professional Regulation is

23  authorized, upon application, to issue an alcoholic beverage

24  license in accordance with section 561.17, Florida Statutes,

25  to the Tampa Bay History Center, Inc., a corporation not for

26  profit (the "corporation") located in Hillsborough County, for

27  use by the corporation solely within the building known as the

28  Tampa Bay History Center and the adjoining grounds under lease

29  to the corporation (the "leased grounds") located at 801 St.

30  Pete Times Forum Drive in Tampa. The corporation shall pay the

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    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SB 2936
    12-1887-07                                              See HB




 1  applicable license fee provided in section 565.02, Florida

 2  Statutes. The license may be used for special events only.

 3         Section 2.  Alcoholic beverages may be sold by the

 4  corporation for consumption within the Tampa Bay History

 5  Center and the leased grounds. The license issued pursuant to

 6  this act shall not permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in

 7  sealed containers for consumption outside the Tampa Bay

 8  History Center or the leased grounds. Nothing in this act

 9  shall prevent a purchaser of such alcoholic beverages from

10  removing an opened, partially consumed container of alcoholic

11  beverage from the premises of the Tampa Bay History Center or

12  the leased grounds.

13         Section 3.  The corporation may transfer the license

14  from time to time to qualified applicants who are either

15  authorized by or under contract with the corporation to

16  provide food services at the Tampa Bay History Center. Upon

17  termination of a transferee's authorization or contract, the

18  license shall automatically revert by operation of law to the

19  corporation.

20         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

21  law.

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