Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 372
Barcode 262472
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/21/2013 .
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The Committee on Regulated Industries (Legg) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 561.57,
6 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
7 561.57 Deliveries by licensees.—
8 (3) A licensed Any vendor may transport alcoholic beverage
9 purchases from a distributor’s place of business to the vendor’s
10 licensed premises or off-premises storage if the, provided that
11 a vehicle used to transport the alcoholic beverages is owned or
12 leased by the vendor or a person identified in a license
13 application filed by the vendor and approved by the division and
14 a valid vehicle permit has been issued for such or decal is
15 attached to the vendor’s owned or leased vehicle. Vehicles owned
16 or leased by a person authorized under this subsection must be
17 operated by such persons when transporting alcoholic beverage
18 purchases from a distributor’s place of business to the vendor’s
19 licensed premises or off-premises storage.
20 (4) A vehicle permit The division shall have prepared for
21 issuance vehicle permits or decals suitable to be attached to
22 such vehicles, with the words, “Beverage Vehicle No.,” which may
23 be obtained by a licensed any vendor or other person authorized
24 under subsection (3) upon application and payment of a fee of $5
25 per vehicle to the division. The signature of a person
26 authorized under subsection (3) is required on the vehicle
27 permit application. Such permit remains permits shall be valid
28 and does will not expire unless the vendor or other person
29 authorized under subsection (3) disposes of his or her vehicle,
30 or the vendor’s alcoholic beverage license is transferred,
31 canceled, not renewed, or is revoked by the division, whichever
32 occurs first. The division shall cancel a vehicle permit issued
33 to a vendor upon request from the vendor. The division shall
34 cancel a vehicle permit issued to other persons authorized under
35 subsection (3) upon request from that person or the vendor. By
36 acceptance of a vehicle permit, the vendor or other person
37 authorized under subsection (3) licensee agrees that such
38 vehicle is shall always be subject to inspection and search be
39 inspected and searched without a search warrant, for the purpose
40 of ascertaining that all provisions of the alcoholic beverage
41 laws are complied with, by authorized employees of the division
42 and also by sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and police officers
43 during business hours or other times that the vehicle is being
44 used to transport or deliver alcoholic beverages. A vehicle
45 permit issued under this subsection and invoices or sales
46 tickets for alcoholic beverages purchased and transported must
47 be attached to or carried in the vehicle used by the vendor or
48 other person authorized under subsection (3) when the vendor’s
49 alcoholic beverages are being transported or delivered.
50 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 562.07, Florida
51 Statutes, is amended to read:
52 562.07 Illegal transportation of beverages.—It is unlawful
53 for alcoholic beverages to be transported in quantities of more
54 than 12 bottles except as follows:
55 (2) In the owned or leased vehicles of licensed vendors or
56 other persons authorized under s. 561.57(3) transporting
57 alcoholic beverage purchases from the distributor’s place of
58 business to the vendor’s licensed place of business or off
59 premises storage and to which said vehicles are attached a
60 permit or decal as provided for in the alcoholic beverage law;
61 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
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63 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
64 And the title is amended as follows:
65 Delete everything before the enacting clause
66 and insert:
67 A bill to be entitled
68 An act relating to vehicle permits; amending ss.
69 561.57 and 562.07, F.S.; authorizing a licensed vendor
70 to transport alcoholic beverages from a distributor’s
71 place of business to the vendor’s licensed premises in
72 a vehicle owned or leased by a person identified on a
73 license application filed by the vendor and approved
74 by the division; requiring each operator to sign the
75 application; revising permit requirements for such
76 vehicles, including a specified fee per vehicle;
77 providing for the cancellation of vehicle permits;
78 authorizing the inspection and search of such vehicles
79 without a search warrant; providing requirements for
80 the use and storage of vehicle permits; providing an
81 effective date.