| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to Hillsborough County; authorizing the |
| 3 | Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the |
| 4 | Department of Business and Professional Regulation to |
| 5 | issue an alcoholic beverage license to the Children's |
| 6 | Museum of Tampa, Inc., to use within the museum's building |
| 7 | and on its grounds; providing that the license may be used |
| 8 | only for special events; providing for payment of the |
| 9 | license fee; providing for sale of beverages for |
| 10 | consumption within the museum's building and on its |
| 11 | grounds; prohibiting sales for consumption off premises; |
| 12 | authorizing transfer and providing for subsequent |
| 13 | reversion of the license under certain circumstances; |
| 14 | providing an effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the |
| 19 | Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of |
| 20 | Business and Professional Regulation is authorized, upon |
| 21 | application, to issue an alcoholic beverage license in |
| 22 | accordance with section 561.17, Florida Statutes, to the |
| 23 | Children's Museum of Tampa, Inc., (the "museum"), 110 W. |
| 24 | Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, a not-for-profit corporation, for use |
| 25 | within the building known as the Children's Museum of Tampa, |
| 26 | Inc., and on its adjoining grounds. The museum shall pay the |
| 27 | applicable license fee provided in section 565.02, Florida |
| 28 | Statutes. The license may be used only for special events. |
| 29 | Section 2. Alcoholic beverages may be sold by the licensee |
| 30 | for consumption within the building and on the grounds of the |
| 31 | museum. The license issued pursuant to this act does not permit |
| 32 | the sale of alcoholic beverages in sealed containers for |
| 33 | consumption outside the building and its grounds. |
| 34 | Section 3. The museum may transfer the license from time |
| 35 | to time to qualified applicants who are either authorized by or |
| 36 | under contract with the museum to provide food services at the |
| 37 | museum. Upon termination of a transferee's authorization or |
| 38 | contract, the license automatically reverts by operation of law |
| 39 | to the museum. |
| 40 | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |