Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 658
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/18/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Simpson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 564.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         564.05 Limitation of size of individual wine containers;
    8  penalty.—It is unlawful for any person to sell within this state
    9  any wine in individual containers holding more than 1 gallon of
   10  such wine unless such wine is in reusable containers holding
   11  5.16 gallons. However, Provided, that qualified distributors and
   12  manufacturers may sell to other qualified distributors or
   13  manufacturers such wine in any size containers. Except as
   14  provided in s. 564.09, all wine sold or offered for sale by
   15  licensed vendors to be consumed off the premises shall be in the
   16  unopened original container. Any person convicted of a violation
   17  of this section commits shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the
   18  second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
   19  775.083.
   20         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
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   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23         And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   25  and insert:
   26                        A bill to be entitled                      
   27         An act relating to wine; amending s. 564.05, F.S.;
   28         providing an exception to the maximum allowable
   29         capacity for individual containers of wine sold in
   30         this state; providing that, except as provided in s.
   31         564.09, F.S., all wine containers sold or offered for
   32         sale at retail for consumption off the premises shall
   33         be in the original container; providing an effective
   34         date.