HB 1169

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Cities of Leesburg, Tavares, and
3	Eustis, Lake County; authorizing the Division of Alcoholic
4	Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business and
5	Professional Regulation to issue up to a specified number
6	of temporary permits to nonprofit civic organizations to
7	sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises
8	at outdoor events on public rights-of-way and public parks
9	in the downtown areas of Leesburg, Tavares, and Eustis;
10	providing that such events require a special event permit
11	from the particular city; providing that the permits
12	authorized by the act are in addition to certain other
13	authorized temporary permits; requiring the nonprofit
14	civic organization to comply with certain statutory
15	requirements in obtaining the permits authorized by the
16	act; requiring the division to adopt rules; providing an
17	effective date.
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19	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21	Section 1.  (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of
22	law, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the
23	Department of Business and Professional Regulation may issue to
24	a bona fide nonprofit civic organization, upon application and
25	presentation of a valid special event permit issued by the City
26	of Leesburg, the City of Tavares, or the City of Eustis, a
27	temporary permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for
28	consumption on the premises at outdoor events on public rights-
29	of-way and public parks in the downtown area of Leesburg,
30	Tavares, or Eustis. Any such nonprofit civic organization may be
31	issued up to 15 temporary permits per calendar year, and each
32	temporary permit shall be valid for up to 3 days. For purposes
33	of this act:
34	(a)  The downtown area of Leesburg is that area bounded by
35	North Boulevard on the north, Lake Street on the east, Dixie
36	Avenue on the south, and 12th Street and Perkins Street on the
37	west.
38	(b)  The downtown area of Tavares is that area bounded by
39	U.S. Highway 441 on the north, St. Clair Abrams Avenue on the
40	east, State Road 19 on the west, and Lake Dora on the south.
41	(c)  The downtown area of Eustis is that area described as
42	follows: Begin at the Western Right-of-Way of Northshore Drive
43	at the intersection of the Northern Right-of-Way of Wilt Avenue;
44	thence run East along the Northern Right-of-Way of Wilt Avenue
45	to the Eastern Right-of-Way of North Grove Street; thence run
46	South along the Eastern Right-of-Way of North Grove Street
47	(a/k/a SR 19 North) to the Northern Right-of-Way of Bates
48	Avenue; thence run East along the Northern Right-of-Way of Bates
49	Avenue to the Eastern Right-of-Way of Dewey Street; thence run
50	South along the Eastern Right-of-Way of Dewey Street to the
51	Southern Right-of-Way of Citrus Avenue; thence run West along
52	the Southern Right-of-Way of Citrus Avenue to the Eastern Right-
53	of-Way of North Grove Street (a/k/a SR 19 North); thence run
54	South along the eastern Right-of-Way of North Grove Street
55	(a/k/a SR 19 North) to the Southern Right-of-Way of Ward Street;
56	thence run West along the Southern Right of Way of Ward Street
57	to the Eastern Right-of-Way of Donnelly Street; thence run South
58	along the Eastern Right-of-Way of Donnelly Street to the
59	Southern Right-of-Way of West Woodward Avenue; thence run West
60	along the Southern Right-of-Way of West Woodward Avenue to Lake
61	Eustis; thence run North along the waters edge of Lake Eustis
62	and landward to the intersection of the Western Right-of-Way of
63	Northshore Drive and the Northern Right-of-Way of Wilt Avenue
64	and the point of beginning.
65	(2)  The temporary permits authorized by this act are in
66	addition to the three temporary permits authorized per year for
67	a nonprofit civic organization pursuant to section 561.422,
68	Florida Statutes.
69	(3)  The nonprofit civic organization shall comply with all
70	other requirements of section 561.422, Florida Statutes, in
71	obtaining the temporary permits authorized by this act.
72	(4)  On or before October 1, 2009, the Division of
73	Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business
74	and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules pursuant to
75	chapter 20, Florida Statutes, to administer this act. Such rules
76	shall include permitting procedures and application forms.
77	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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