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.