HB 1049

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the City of Eustis, Lake County;
3	authorizing the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and
4	Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional
5	Regulation to issue up to a specified number of temporary
6	permits to a nonprofit civic organization to sell
7	alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises at
8	outdoor events on public right-of-way in the downtown area
9	of Eustis; providing that such events require a street-
10	closure permit from the City of Eustis; providing that the
11	permits authorized by the act are in addition to certain
12	other authorized temporary permits; requiring the
13	nonprofit civic organization to comply with certain
14	statutory requirements in obtaining the permits authorized
15	by the act; requiring the division to adopt rules;
16	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.  (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of
21	law, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the
22	Department of Business and Professional Regulation may issue to
23	a bona fide nonprofit civic organization, upon application and
24	presentation of a valid street-closure permit issued by the City
25	of Eustis, a temporary permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic
26	beverages for consumption on the premises at outdoor events on
27	public right-of-way in the downtown area of Eustis. Any such
28	nonprofit civic organization may be issued up to 15 temporary
29	permits per calendar year and each temporary permit is valid for
30	up to 3 days. For purposes of this act, the downtown area of
31	Eustis is described as follows:
32	Begin at the Western Right-of-Way of Northshore Drive
33	at the intersection of the Northern Right-of-Way of
34	Wilt Avenue; thence run East along the Northern Right-
35	of-Way of Wilt Avenue to the Eastern Right-of-Way of
36	North Grove Street; thence run South along the eastern
37	Right-of-Way of North Grove Street (a/k/a SR 19 North)
38	to the Northern Right-of-Way of Bates Avenue; thence
39	run East along the Norther Right-of-Way Bates Avenue
40	to the Eastern Right-of-Way of Dewey Street to the
41	Southern Right-of-Way of Citrus Avenue; thence run
42	West along the Southern Right-of-Way of Citrus Avenue
43	to the Eastern Right-of-Way of North Grove Street
44	(a/k/a SR 19 North); thence run South along the
45	Eastern Right-of-Way of North Grove Street (a/k/a SR
46	19 North) to the Southern Right of Way of Ward Street
47	to the Eastern Right-of-Way of West Woodward Avenue;
48	thence run West along the Southern Right-of-Way of
49	West Woodward Avenue to Lake Eustis; thence run North
50	along the waters edge of Lake Eustis and landward to
51	the intersection of the Western Right-of-Way of
52	Northshore Drive and the Northern Right-of-Way of Wilt
53	Avenue and the point of beginning.
54	(2)  The temporary permits authorized by this act are in
55	addition to the three temporary permits authorized per year for
56	a nonprofit civic organization pursuant to section 561.422,
57	Florida Statutes.
58	(3)  The nonprofit civic organization shall comply with all
59	other requirements of section 561.422, Florida Statutes, in
60	obtaining the temporary permits authorized by this act.
61	(4)  On or before October 1, 2010, the Division of
62	Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business
63	and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules pursuant to
64	chapter 120, Florida Statutes, to administer this act. Such
65	rules shall include permitting procedures and application forms.
66	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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