Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1558
       
       
        
       By Senator Latvala
       
       
       
       
       
       20-00697-15                                           20151558__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending s.
    3         561.14, F.S.; revising the classification of a
    4         specified distributor; requiring distributors licensed
    5         to sell and distribute wine or distilled spirits to
    6         sell and distribute wine or distilled spirits to all
    7         persons licensed or registered to sell such beverages;
    8         requiring a specified distributor to sell and
    9         distribute wine or distilled spirits in like
   10         quantities and prices and to provide like delivery
   11         services to all persons licensed or registered to sell
   12         them; revising the classification of a specified
   13         vendor; removing a requirement that purchases of
   14         alcoholic beverages by vendors from vendors must be
   15         strictly limited to certain vendor pool buying groups;
   16         providing that a vendor may sell to any person
   17         alcoholic beverages on which excise taxes are paid
   18         without being licensed by the division as a
   19         distributor; providing an effective date.
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   21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   23         Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 561.14,
   24  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   25         561.14 License and registration classification.—Licenses
   26  and registrations referred to in the Beverage Law shall be
   27  classified as follows:
   28         (2) Distributors licensed to sell and distribute alcoholic
   29  beverages for resale at wholesale to persons who are licensed or
   30  registered to sell alcoholic beverages. Distributors licensed to
   31  sell and distribute wine or distilled spirits shall sell and
   32  distribute wine or distilled spirits to all persons who are
   33  licensed or registered to sell such beverages. Subject to s.
   34  561.42(3), (4), and (5), distributors who are licensed to sell
   35  and distribute wine or distilled spirits must sell and
   36  distribute such wine or distilled spirits in like quantities and
   37  prices and must provide like delivery services to all persons
   38  who are licensed or registered to sell them, unless otherwise
   39  expressly prohibited by the Beverage Law.
   40         (3) Vendors licensed to sell alcoholic beverages on which a
   41  distributor has paid or will pay excise taxes at retail only. A
   42  No vendor may not shall purchase or acquire in any manner for
   43  the purpose of resale any alcoholic beverages from a any person
   44  who is not licensed as a vendor, manufacturer, bottler, or
   45  distributor under the Beverage Law unless otherwise authorized.
   46  Purchases of alcoholic beverages by vendors from vendors also
   47  include shall be strictly limited to purchases between members
   48  of a pool buying group if for which the initial purchase of the
   49  alcoholic beverages was ordered by a pool buying agent as a
   50  single transaction. A No vendor may not shall be a member of
   51  more than one cooperative or pool buying group at any time. A No
   52  vendor may not shall import, or engage in the importation of,
   53  any alcoholic beverages from places beyond the limits of the
   54  state. A vendor may sell alcoholic beverages on which excise
   55  taxes are paid to any person without being licensed by the
   56  division as a distributor.
   57         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.