Florida Senate - 2013                             CS for SB 1344
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senator Latvala
       
       
       
       
       580-02841-13                                          20131344c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to malt beverages; amending s. 563.06,
    3         F.S.; authorizing an additional size for individual
    4         containers of malt beverages sold or offered for sale
    5         by vendors at retail; providing an effective date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 563.06, Florida
   10  Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (8), and subsection (6) of
   11  that section is amended to read:
   12         563.06 Malt beverages; imprint on individual container;
   13  size of containers; exemptions.—
   14         (6) All malt beverages packaged in individual containers
   15  sold or offered for sale by vendors at retail in this state
   16  shall be in individual containers containing 64 ounces, or a
   17  lesser size containing no more than 32 ounces, of such malt
   18  beverages. Such containers may be filled at the point of sale by
   19  either a licensed manufacturer or a vendor licensed for
   20  consumption on the premises but must have an unbroken seal or be
   21  incapable of being immediately consumed.; provided, however,
   22  that nothing contained in
   23         (7) This section does not shall affect malt beverages
   24  packaged in bulk, or in kegs or in barrels, or in an any
   25  individual container containing 1 gallon or more of such malt
   26  beverage regardless of individual container type.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.