| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County; |
| 3 | authorizing the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and |
| 4 | Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional |
| 5 | Regulation to issue an alcoholic beverage license to the |
| 6 | City of Tampa for use within the buildings and adjoining |
| 7 | grounds of Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Kiley Garden |
| 8 | Park; providing for payment of the license fee; |
| 9 | authorizing sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption |
| 10 | within the buildings and their adjoining grounds; |
| 11 | prohibiting sales for consumption off premises; providing |
| 12 | for construction of this act; authorizing transfer and |
| 13 | providing for subsequent reversion of the license under |
| 14 | certain circumstances; 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 City of |
| 23 | Tampa, a political subdivision of the state, 306 East Jackson |
| 24 | Street, Tampa, for use within buildings located in Curtis Hixon |
| 25 | Waterfront Park, 600 North Ashley Drive, and Kiley Garden Park, |
| 26 | 500 North Ashley Drive, and on adjoining grounds. The city shall |
| 27 | pay the applicable license fee provided in section 565.02, |
| 28 | Florida Statutes. |
| 29 | Section 2. Alcoholic beverages may be sold by the licensee |
| 30 | for consumption within Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Kiley |
| 31 | Garden Park, including the associated buildings and adjoining |
| 32 | grounds. The license issued pursuant to this act does not permit |
| 33 | the sale of alcoholic beverages in sealed containers for |
| 34 | consumption outside the buildings and adjoining grounds. Nothing |
| 35 | in this act shall prevent the licensee from removing an opened, |
| 36 | partially consumed container of alcoholic beverage from the |
| 37 | premises. |
| 38 | Section 3. The City of Tampa may transfer the license from |
| 39 | time to time to qualified applicants who are either authorized |
| 40 | by or under contract with the city to provide food services at |
| 41 | the buildings. Upon termination of a transferee's authorization |
| 42 | or contract, the license automatically reverts by operation of |
| 43 | law to the city. |
| 44 | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |