Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 698
       
       
        
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       7-00702-16                                             2016698__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to malt beverages; creating s. 563.11,
    3         F.S.; providing an inventory and reconciliation
    4         process for malt beverage kegs; providing an effective
    5         date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Section 563.11, Florida Statutes, is created to
   10  read:
   11         563.11 Inventory and reconciliation process for malt
   12  beverage kegs.—In lieu of receiving a per-keg deposit as
   13  required by division rule, a distributor of malt beverages which
   14  sells the beverages in draft kegs to a vendor identified in s.
   15  561.01(18), s. 565.02(6), or s. 565.02(7) shall implement an
   16  inventory and reconciliation process with such vendors in which
   17  an accounting of kegs is completed and any loss or variance in
   18  the number of kegs is paid for by the vendor on a per-keg basis
   19  equivalent to the required keg deposit. This inventory and
   20  reconciliation process may occur twice per year, at the
   21  discretion of the distributor, but must occur at least annually.
   22  Upon completion of the keg inventory and reconciliation, the
   23  vendor shall remit payment within 15 days of receiving an
   24  invoice from the distributor. The vendor may choose to establish
   25  and fund a separate account with the distributor for the purpose
   26  of expediting timely payment.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.