Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 698
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 6/AD/2R .
02/23/2016 11:34 AM .
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Senator Bradley moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 247 - 370
4 and insert:
5 Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 565.02, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 565.02 License fees; vendors; clubs; caterers; and others.—
8 (2) Any operator of railroads or sleeping cars and any
9 vendor in a railroad transit station in this state may obtain a
10 license to keep for sale and sell the beverages mentioned in the
11 Beverage Law on passenger trains upon the payment of an annual
12 license tax of $2,500, the tax to be paid to the division. A
13 municipality or county may not require an additional license or
14 levy a tax for the privilege of selling such beverages.
15 (a) Operators of railroads or sleeping cars in this state
16 are authorized to Such license shall authorize the holder
17 thereof to keep for sale and sell all beverages mentioned in the
18 Beverage Law for consumption upon any dining, club, parlor,
19 buffet, or observation car of a passenger train in which
20 certified copies of the licenses issued to the operators are
21 posted. Certified copies of such licenses shall be issued by the
22 division upon the payment of a fee of $10 operated by it in this
23 state, but such beverages may be sold only to passengers upon
24 the cars and must be served for consumption thereon. It is
25 unlawful for such licensees to purchase or sell any liquor
26 except in miniature bottles of not more than 2 ounces. Every
27 such license for the sale of alcoholic beverages on a passenger
28 train shall be good throughout the state. Except for alcoholic
29 beverages sold within the licensed premises of a railroad
30 transit station, it is unlawful for such licensees to purchase
31 or sell any liquor on a passenger train except in miniature
32 bottles of not more than 2 ounces No license shall be required,
33 or tax levied by any municipality or county, for the privilege
34 of selling such beverages for consumption in such cars. Such
35 beverages shall be sold only on cars in which are posted
36 certified copies of the licenses issued to such operator. Such
37 certified copies of such licenses shall be issued by the
38 division upon the payment of a tax of $10.
39 (b) Vendors in a railroad transit station are authorized to
40 keep for sale and sell all beverages mentioned in the Beverage
41 Law. Licenses issued to vendors in a railroad transit station
42 may not be transferred to locations beyond the railroad transit
43 station. The alcoholic beverages sold are for consumption on the
44 licensed premises and may be consumed in all areas within the
45 railroad transit station and on the passenger train. Operators
46 of railroads and sleeping cars shall keep separate the alcoholic
47 beverages intended for sale on passenger trains and the
48 alcoholic beverages intended for sale in the railroad transit
49 station.
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52 And the title is amended as follows:
53 Delete lines 32 - 45
54 and insert:
55 beverages; amending s. 565.02, F.S.; authorizing
56 vendors in railroad transit stations to obtain
57 licenses to keep and sell alcoholic beverages;
58 prohibiting a municipality or county from requiring an
59 additional license or levying a tax to sell certain
60 beverages; revising the locations where certain
61 beverages may be sold; providing liquor bottle size
62 restrictions for railroad transit stations;
63 prohibiting the transfer of certain licenses;
64 requiring operators of railroads and sleeping cars to
65 keep separate certain alcoholic beverages;