| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to restaurants licensed to sell wine on |
| 3 | the premises; amending s. 564.09, F.S.; revising |
| 4 | requirements for a restaurant patron to remove a resealed |
| 5 | wine container from a restaurant for off-premise |
| 6 | consumption; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Section 564.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 11 | read: |
| 12 | 564.09 Restaurants; off-premises consumption of wine.- |
| 13 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a restaurant |
| 14 | licensed to sell wine on the premises may permit a patron to |
| 15 | remove one unsealed bottle of wine for consumption off the |
| 16 | premises if the patron has purchased a full course meal |
| 17 | consisting of a salad or vegetable, entree, a beverage, and |
| 18 | bread and consumed a portion of the bottle of wine with such |
| 19 | meal on the restaurant premises. A partially consumed bottle of |
| 20 | wine that is to be removed from the premises must be securely |
| 21 | resealed by the licensee or its employees before removal from |
| 22 | the premises. The partially consumed bottle of wine shall be |
| 23 | placed in a bag or other container that is secured in such a |
| 24 | manner that it is visibly apparent if the container has been |
| 25 | subsequently opened or tampered with, and a dated receipt for |
| 26 | the bottle of wine and full course meal shall be provided by the |
| 27 | licensee and attached to the container. If transported in a |
| 28 | motor vehicle, the container with the resealed bottle of wine |
| 29 | must be placed in a locked glove compartment, a locked trunk, or |
| 30 | the area behind the last upright seat of a motor vehicle that is |
| 31 | not equipped with a trunk. |
| 32 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |