| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the City of Tavares, 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 Tavares; providing that such events require a street- |
| 10 | closure permit from the City of Tavares; providing that |
| 11 | the permits authorized by the act are in addition to |
| 12 | certain 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 Tavares, 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 Tavares. 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 | Tavares is that area bounded by U.S. Highway 441 on the North; |
| 32 | St. Clair Abrams Avenue on the East; State Road 19 on the West; |
| 33 | and Lake Dora on the South. |
| 34 | (2) The temporary permits authorized by this act are in |
| 35 | addition to the three temporary permits authorized per year for |
| 36 | a nonprofit civic organization pursuant to section 561.422, |
| 37 | Florida Statutes. |
| 38 | (3) The nonprofit civic organization shall comply with all |
| 39 | other requirements of section 561.422, Florida Statutes, in |
| 40 | obtaining the temporary permits authorized by this act. |
| 41 | (4) On or before October 1, 2010, the Division of |
| 42 | Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business |
| 43 | and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules pursuant to |
| 44 | chapter 120, Florida Statutes, to administer this act. Such |
| 45 | rules shall include permitting procedures and application forms. |
| 46 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |