Florida Senate - 2015                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 596
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Hays moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 48 - 79
    4  and insert:
    5  to the distillery’s production building in this state.
    6         1. A craft distillery or licensed distillery may not sell
    7  any factory-sealed individual containers of spirits except in
    8  face-to-face sales transactions with consumers who are making a
    9  purchase of no more than:
   10         a. Two individual containers of each branded product;
   11         b. Three individual containers of a single branded product
   12  and up to one individual container of a second branded product;
   13  or
   14         c. Four individual containers of a single branded product.
   15         2. Each container sold in face-to-face transactions with
   16  consumers must two or fewer individual containers, that comply
   17  with the container limits in s. 565.10, per calendar year for
   18  the consumer’s personal use and not for resale and who are
   19  present at the distillery’s licensed premises in this state.
   20         3.1. A craft distillery must report to the division within
   21  5 days after it reaches the production limitations provided in
   22  paragraph (1)(b) (1)(a). Any retail sales to consumers at the
   23  craft distillery’s licensed premises are prohibited beginning
   24  the day after it reaches the production limitation.
   25         4.2. A craft distillery may not only ship or, arrange to
   26  ship, or deliver any of its distilled spirits to consumers and
   27  may sell and deliver only to consumers within the state in a
   28  face-to-face transaction at the distillery property. However, a
   29  craft distiller licensed under this section may ship, arrange to
   30  ship, or deliver such spirits to manufacturers of distilled
   31  spirits, wholesale distributors of distilled spirits, state or
   32  federal bonded warehouses, and exporters.
   33         5.3. Except as provided in subparagraph 6.4., it is
   34  unlawful to transfer a distillery license for a distillery that
   35  produces 75,000 or fewer gallons per calendar year of distilled
   36  spirits on its premises or any ownership interest in such
   37  license to an individual or entity that has a direct or indirect
   38  ownership interest in any distillery licensed in this state;
   39  another state, territory, or country; or by the United States
   40  government to manufacture, blend, or rectify distilled spirits
   41  for beverage purposes.
   42         6.4. A craft distillery shall not have its ownership