Florida Senate - 2011                             (NP)    SB 756
       
       
       
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       18-00755-11                                            2011756__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the City of Tampa, Hillsborough
    3         County; authorizing the Division of Alcoholic
    4         Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business
    5         and Professional Regulation to issue an alcoholic
    6         beverage license to the City of Tampa for use within
    7         the buildings and adjoining grounds of Curtis Hixon
    8         Waterfront Park and Kiley Garden Park; providing for
    9         payment of the license fee; authorizing the sale of
   10         alcoholic beverages for consumption within the
   11         buildings and their adjoining grounds; prohibiting
   12         sales for consumption off premises; providing for
   13         construction of the act; authorizing the transfer and
   14         providing for subsequent reversion of the license
   15         under certain circumstances; providing an effective
   16         date.
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   18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   20         Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
   21  Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of
   22  Business and Professional Regulation is authorized, upon
   23  application, to issue an alcoholic beverage license in
   24  accordance with s. 561.17, Florida Statutes, to the City of
   25  Tampa, a political subdivision of the state, 306 East Jackson
   26  Street, Tampa, for use within buildings located in Curtis Hixon
   27  Waterfront Park, 600 North Ashley Drive, and Kiley Garden Park,
   28  500 North Ashley Drive, and on adjoining grounds. The city shall
   29  pay the applicable license fee provided in s. 565.02, Florida
   30  Statutes.
   31         Section 2. Alcoholic beverages may be sold by the licensee
   32  for consumption within Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Kiley
   33  Garden Park, including the associated buildings and adjoining
   34  grounds. The license issued pursuant to this act does not permit
   35  the sale of alcoholic beverages in sealed containers for
   36  consumption outside the buildings and adjoining grounds. Nothing
   37  in this act shall prevent the licensee from removing an opened,
   38  partially consumed container of alcoholic beverage from the
   39  premises.
   40         Section 3. The City of Tampa may transfer the license from
   41  time to time to qualified applicants who are either authorized
   42  by or under contract with the city to provide food services at
   43  the buildings. Upon termination of a transferee’s authorization
   44  or contract, the license automatically reverts by operation of
   45  law to the city.
   46         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.