Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 698
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/04/2016 .
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The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Bradley) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 243 - 292
4 and insert:
5 Section 7. Subsections (2) and (9) of section 565.02,
6 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
7 565.02 License fees; vendors; clubs; caterers; and others.—
8 (2)(a) Any operator of railroad transit stations,
9 railroads, or sleeping cars in this state may obtain a license
10 to sell the beverages mentioned in the Beverage Law on passenger
11 trains upon the payment of an annual license tax of $2,500, the
12 tax to be paid to the division. The Such license is good
13 throughout the state and authorizes shall authorize the licensee
14 holder thereof to keep for sale and to sell all beverages
15 mentioned in the Beverage Law on upon any dining, club, parlor,
16 buffet, or observation car or within the property of a railroad
17 transit station operated by the licensee. it in this state, but
18 Such beverages may be sold only to passengers on such upon the
19 cars or within the property of the railroad transit station and
20 must be served for consumption thereon. Licenses issued pursuant
21 to this paragraph for railroad transit stations may not be
22 transferred to locations beyond the premises of the railroad
23 transit station. A municipality or county may not require an
24 additional license or levy a tax for the privilege of selling
25 such beverages.
26 (b) Except for alcoholic beverages sold within the property
27 of a railroad transit station, it is unlawful for such licensees
28 to purchase or sell any liquor except in miniature bottles of
29 not more than 2 ounces. Every such license shall be good
30 throughout the state. No license shall be required, or tax
31 levied by any municipality or county, for the privilege of
32 selling such beverages for consumption in such cars. Such
33 beverages may shall be sold only on cars in which are posted
34 certified copies of the licenses issued to the such operator are
35 posted. Such Certified copies of such licenses shall be issued
36 by the division upon the payment of a tax of $10.
37 (c) A limitation of the number of licenses issued pursuant
38 to this section does not prohibit the issuance of a license
39 authorized by the Beverage Law or a special license issued
40 pursuant to s. 561.20 to operators of restaurants, shops, or
41 other facilities that are part of, or that serve, railroad
42 transit stations. The alcoholic beverages sold by a licensed
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45 And the title is amended as follows:
46 Delete lines 30 - 44
47 and insert:
48 565.02, F.S.; authorizing operators of railroad
49 transit stations to obtain licenses to sell alcoholic
50 beverages; revising the locations where certain
51 beverages may be sold; prohibiting the transfer of
52 specified licenses to certain locations; prohibiting a
53 municipality or county from requiring an additional
54 license or levying a tax to sell certain beverages;
55 exempting railroad transit stations from liquor bottle
56 size restrictions; authorizing alcoholic beverages