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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to alcoholic beverages and tobacco;
    3         amending s. 210.13, F.S.; revising applicability to
    4         include other persons who may be subject to a
    5         determination of tax on failure to file and return;
    6         amending s. 218.32, F.S.; requiring local governmental
    7         entities to include revenues derived from the use of
    8         temporary alcoholic beverage permits in annual
    9         financial reports; amending s. 561.01, F.S.; defining
   10         the term “railroad transit station”; amending s.
   11         561.20, F.S.; providing that a license must be revoked
   12         or a pending application must be denied under certain
   13         circumstances; providing that certain licensees or
   14         applicants are not eligible to have an interest in a
   15         subsequent license under certain circumstances for a
   16         specified timeframe; amending s. 561.29, F.S.;
   17         requiring the division to grant a one-time written
   18         waiver or extension of certain requirements to
   19         specified licensees; revising the circumstances under
   20         which a licensee may seek and the division may grant a
   21         waiver or extension of the requirements; creating s.
   22         561.4205, F.S.; requiring an alcoholic beverage
   23         distributor to charge a deposit for certain alcoholic
   24         beverage sales; providing an inventory and
   25         reconciliation process as an accounting alternative
   26         for specified vendors; providing an inventory and
   27         reconciliation process for malt beverage kegs;
   28         amending s. 561.422, F.S.; authorizing the division to
   29         issue temporary permits to municipalities and counties
   30         to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the
   31         premises of an event; authorizing the director of the
   32         division to issue more than three permits per calendar
   33         year under certain circumstances; providing conditions
   34         for such permits; requiring certain municipalities and
   35         counties to properly store and secure unconsumed
   36         alcoholic beverages; amending s. 563.06, F.S.;
   37         revising requirements for certain vendors to be
   38         authorized to fill or refill a growler; revising which
   39         licensed vendors may fill or refill a growler;
   40         amending s. 565.02, F.S.; authorizing vendors in
   41         railroad transit stations to obtain licenses to keep
   42         and sell alcoholic beverages; prohibiting a
   43         municipality or county from requiring an additional
   44         license or levying a tax to sell certain beverages;
   45         revising the locations where certain beverages may be
   46         sold; providing liquor bottle size restrictions for
   47         railroad transit stations; prohibiting the transfer of
   48         certain licenses; requiring operators of railroads and
   49         sleeping cars to keep separate certain alcoholic
   50         beverages; amending s. 565.04, F.S.; authorizing a
   51         licensed distributor to transport alcoholic beverages
   52         through certain premises under specified
   53         circumstances; providing an effective date.
   54          
   55  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   56  
   57         Section 1. Section 210.13, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   58  read:
   59         210.13 Determination of tax on failure to file a return.—If
   60  a dealer or other person required to remit the tax under this
   61  part fails to file any return required under this part, or
   62  having filed an incorrect or insufficient return, fails to file
   63  a correct or sufficient return, as the case may require, within
   64  10 days after the giving of notice to the dealer by the Division
   65  of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco that such return or corrected
   66  or sufficient return is required, the division shall determine
   67  the amount of tax due by such dealer any time within 3 years
   68  after the making of the earliest sale included in such
   69  determination and give written notice of such determination to
   70  such dealer. Such a determination shall finally and irrevocably
   71  fix the tax unless the dealer against whom it is assessed shall,
   72  within 30 days after the giving of notice of such determination,
   73  apply to the division for a hearing. Judicial review shall not
   74  be granted unless the amount of tax stated in the decision, with
   75  penalties thereon, if any, shall have been first deposited with
   76  the division, and an undertaking or bond filed in the court in
   77  which such cause may be pending in such amount and with such
   78  sureties as the court shall approve, conditioned that if such
   79  proceeding be dismissed or the decision of the division
   80  confirmed, the applicant for review will pay all costs and
   81  charges which may accrue against the applicant in the
   82  prosecution of the proceeding. At the option of the applicant,
   83  such undertaking or bond may be in an additional sum sufficient
   84  to cover the tax, penalties, costs, and charges aforesaid, in
   85  which event the applicant shall not be required to pay such tax
   86  and penalties precedent to the granting of such review by such
   87  court.
   88         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   89  218.32, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   90         218.32 Annual financial reports; local governmental
   91  entities.—
   92         (1)(a) Each local governmental entity that is determined to
   93  be a reporting entity, as defined by generally accepted
   94  accounting principles, and each independent special district as
   95  defined in s. 189.012, shall submit to the department a copy of
   96  its annual financial report for the previous fiscal year in a
   97  format prescribed by the department. The annual financial report
   98  must include a list of each local governmental entity included
   99  in the report and each local governmental entity that failed to
  100  provide financial information as required by paragraph (b). The
  101  annual financial report must also include all revenues derived
  102  from the use of temporary permits obtained by a reporting entity
  103  pursuant to s. 561.422. The chair of the governing body and the
  104  chief financial officer of each local governmental entity shall
  105  sign the annual financial report submitted pursuant to this
  106  subsection attesting to the accuracy of the information included
  107  in the report. The county annual financial report must be a
  108  single document that covers each county agency.
  109         Section 3. Subsection (22) is added to section 561.01,
  110  Florida Statutes, to read:
  111         561.01 Definitions.—As used in the Beverage Law:
  112         (22) “Railroad transit station” means a platform or a
  113  terminal facility where passenger trains operating on a guided
  114  rail system according to a fixed schedule between two or more
  115  cities regularly stop to load and unload passengers or goods.
  116  The term includes a passenger waiting lounge and dining, retail,
  117  entertainment, or recreational facilities within the licensed
  118  premises owned or leased by the railroad operator or owner.
  119         Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  120  561.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  121         561.20 Limitation upon number of licenses issued.—
  122         (2)(a) The No such limitation of the number of licenses as
  123  herein provided in this section does not shall henceforth
  124  prohibit the issuance of a special license to:
  125         1. Any bona fide hotel, motel, or motor court of not fewer
  126  than 80 guest rooms in any county having a population of less
  127  than 50,000 residents, and of not fewer than 100 guest rooms in
  128  any county having a population of 50,000 residents or greater;
  129  or any bona fide hotel or motel located in a historic structure,
  130  as defined in s. 561.01(21), with fewer than 100 guest rooms
  131  which derives at least 51 percent of its gross revenue from the
  132  rental of hotel or motel rooms, which is licensed as a public
  133  lodging establishment by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants;
  134  provided, however, that a bona fide hotel or motel with no fewer
  135  than 10 and no more than 25 guest rooms which is a historic
  136  structure, as defined in s. 561.01(21), in a municipality that
  137  on the effective date of this act has a population, according to
  138  the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business
  139  Research Estimates of Population for 1998, of no fewer than
  140  25,000 and no more than 35,000 residents and that is within a
  141  constitutionally chartered county may be issued a special
  142  license. This special license shall allow the sale and
  143  consumption of alcoholic beverages only on the licensed premises
  144  of the hotel or motel. In addition, the hotel or motel must
  145  derive at least 60 percent of its gross revenue from the rental
  146  of hotel or motel rooms and the sale of food and nonalcoholic
  147  beverages; provided that the provisions of this subparagraph
  148  shall supersede local laws requiring a greater number of hotel
  149  rooms;
  150         2. Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer than 100
  151  condominium units are wholly rentable to transients and which is
  152  licensed under the provisions of chapter 509, except that the
  153  license shall be issued only to the person or corporation which
  154  operates the hotel or motel operation and not to the association
  155  of condominium owners;
  156         3. Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer than 50
  157  condominium units are wholly rentable to transients, which is
  158  licensed under the provisions of chapter 509, and which is
  159  located in any county having home rule under s. 10 or s. 11,
  160  Art. VIII of the State Constitution of 1885, as amended, and
  161  incorporated by reference in s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the State
  162  Constitution, except that the license shall be issued only to
  163  the person or corporation which operates the hotel or motel
  164  operation and not to the association of condominium owners;
  165         4. Any food service establishment that has restaurant
  166  having 2,500 square feet of service area, is and equipped to
  167  serve meals to 150 persons full course meals at tables at one
  168  time, and that derives deriving at least 51 percent of its gross
  169  food and beverage revenue from the sale of food and nonalcoholic
  170  beverages during the first 60-day operating period and each 12
  171  month operating period thereafter.; However, A food service
  172  establishment no restaurant granted a special license on or
  173  after January 1, 1958, pursuant to general or special law may
  174  not shall operate as a package store and may not sell, nor shall
  175  intoxicating beverages be sold under such license after the
  176  hours of serving or consumption of food have elapsed. Failure by
  177  a licensee to meet the required percentage of food and
  178  nonalcoholic beverage gross revenues during the covered
  179  operating period shall result in revocation of the license or
  180  denial of the pending license application. A licensee whose
  181  license is revoked or an applicant whose pending application is
  182  denied, or any person required to qualify on the special license
  183  application, is ineligible to have any interest in a subsequent
  184  application for such a license for a period of 120 days after
  185  the date of the final denial or revocation; or
  186         5. Any caterer, deriving at least 51 percent of its gross
  187  revenue from the sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages,
  188  licensed by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants under chapter
  189  509. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
  190  a licensee under this subparagraph shall sell or serve alcoholic
  191  beverages only for consumption on the premises of a catered
  192  event at which the licensee is also providing prepared food, and
  193  shall prominently display its license at any catered event at
  194  which the caterer is selling or serving alcoholic beverages. A
  195  licensee under this subparagraph shall purchase all alcoholic
  196  beverages it sells or serves at a catered event from a vendor
  197  licensed under s. 563.02(1), s. 564.02(1), or licensed under s.
  198  565.02(1) subject to the limitation imposed in subsection (1),
  199  as appropriate. A licensee under this subparagraph may not store
  200  any alcoholic beverages to be sold or served at a catered event.
  201  Any alcoholic beverages purchased by a licensee under this
  202  subparagraph for a catered event that are not used at that event
  203  must remain with the customer; provided that if the vendor
  204  accepts unopened alcoholic beverages, the licensee may return
  205  such alcoholic beverages to the vendor for a credit or
  206  reimbursement. Regardless of the county or counties in which the
  207  licensee operates, a licensee under this subparagraph shall pay
  208  the annual state license tax set forth in s. 565.02(1)(b). A
  209  licensee under this subparagraph must maintain for a period of 3
  210  years all records required by the department by rule to
  211  demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this
  212  subparagraph, including licensed vendor receipts for the
  213  purchase of alcoholic beverages and records identifying each
  214  customer and the location and date of each catered event.
  215  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any vendor
  216  licensed under s. 565.02(1) subject to the limitation imposed in
  217  subsection (1), may, without any additional licensure under this
  218  subparagraph, serve or sell alcoholic beverages for consumption
  219  on the premises of a catered event at which prepared food is
  220  provided by a caterer licensed under chapter 509. If a licensee
  221  under this subparagraph also possesses any other license under
  222  the Beverage Law, the license issued under this subparagraph
  223  shall not authorize the holder to conduct activities on the
  224  premises to which the other license or licenses apply that would
  225  otherwise be prohibited by the terms of that license or the
  226  Beverage Law. Nothing in this section shall permit the licensee
  227  to conduct activities that are otherwise prohibited by the
  228  Beverage Law or local law. The Division of Alcoholic Beverages
  229  and Tobacco is hereby authorized to adopt rules to administer
  230  the license created in this subparagraph, to include rules
  231  governing licensure, recordkeeping, and enforcement. The first
  232  $300,000 in fees collected by the division each fiscal year
  233  pursuant to this subparagraph shall be deposited in the
  234  Department of Children and Families’ Operations and Maintenance
  235  Trust Fund to be used only for alcohol and drug abuse education,
  236  treatment, and prevention programs. The remainder of the fees
  237  collected shall be deposited into the Hotel and Restaurant Trust
  238  Fund created pursuant to s. 509.072.
  239  
  240  However, any license heretofore issued to any such hotel, motel,
  241  motor court, or restaurant or hereafter issued to any such
  242  hotel, motel, or motor court, including a condominium
  243  accommodation, under the general law shall not be moved to a new
  244  location, such license being valid only on the premises of such
  245  hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant. Licenses issued to
  246  hotels, motels, motor courts, or restaurants under the general
  247  law and held by such hotels, motels, motor courts, or
  248  restaurants on May 24, 1947, shall be counted in the quota
  249  limitation contained in subsection (1). Any license issued for
  250  any hotel, motel, or motor court under the provisions of this
  251  law shall be issued only to the owner of the hotel, motel, or
  252  motor court or, in the event the hotel, motel, or motor court is
  253  leased, to the lessee of the hotel, motel, or motor court; and
  254  the license shall remain in the name of the owner or lessee so
  255  long as the license is in existence. Any special license now in
  256  existence heretofore issued under the provisions of this law
  257  cannot be renewed except in the name of the owner of the hotel,
  258  motel, motor court, or restaurant or, in the event the hotel,
  259  motel, motor court, or restaurant is leased, in the name of the
  260  lessee of the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant in which
  261  the license is located and must remain in the name of the owner
  262  or lessee so long as the license is in existence. Any license
  263  issued under this section shall be marked “Special,” and nothing
  264  herein provided shall limit, restrict, or prevent the issuance
  265  of a special license for any restaurant or motel which shall
  266  hereafter meet the requirements of the law existing immediately
  267  prior to the effective date of this act, if construction of such
  268  restaurant has commenced prior to the effective date of this act
  269  and is completed within 30 days thereafter, or if an application
  270  is on file for such special license at the time this act takes
  271  effect; and any such licenses issued under this proviso may be
  272  annually renewed as now provided by law. Nothing herein prevents
  273  an application for transfer of a license to a bona fide
  274  purchaser of any hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant by the
  275  purchaser of such facility or the transfer of such license
  276  pursuant to law.
  277         Section 5. Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subsection (1) of
  278  section 561.29, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  279         561.29 Revocation and suspension of license; power to
  280  subpoena.—
  281         (1) The division is given full power and authority to
  282  revoke or suspend the license of any person holding a license
  283  under the Beverage Law, when it is determined or found by the
  284  division upon sufficient cause appearing of:
  285         (h) Failure by the holder of any license under s. 561.20(1)
  286  to maintain the licensed premises in an active manner in which
  287  the licensed premises are open for the bona fide sale of
  288  authorized alcoholic beverages during regular business hours of
  289  at least 6 hours a day for a period of 120 days or more during
  290  any 12-month period commencing 18 months after the acquisition
  291  of the license by the licensee, regardless of the date the
  292  license was originally issued. Every licensee must notify the
  293  division in writing of any period during which his or her
  294  license is inactive and place the physical license with the
  295  division to be held in an inactive status. The division may
  296  waive or extend the requirement of this section upon the finding
  297  of hardship, including the purchase of the license in order to
  298  transfer it to a newly constructed or remodeled location.
  299  However, during such closed period, the licensee shall make
  300  reasonable efforts toward restoring the license to active
  301  status. This paragraph applies shall apply to all annual license
  302  periods commencing on or after July 1, 1981, but does shall not
  303  apply to licenses issued after September 30, 1988. The division
  304  shall, upon written request of the licensee, grant a one-time
  305  written waiver or extension of the requirements of this
  306  paragraph for a period not to exceed 12 months. Additionally,
  307  the division may, upon written request of the licensee, grant a
  308  waiver or extension of the requirements of this paragraph for a
  309  period not to exceed 12 months if the licensee demonstrates
  310  that:
  311         1. The licensed premises has been physically damaged to
  312  such an extent that active operation of the business at the
  313  premises is impracticable;
  314         2. Construction or remodeling is underway to relocate the
  315  license to another location;
  316         3. The licensed premises has been prohibited from making
  317  sales as the result of any order of any court of competent
  318  jurisdiction, or any action or inaction of a local governmental
  319  entity relating to the permitting, construction, or occupational
  320  capacity of the physical location of the licensed premises.
  321         (i) Failure of any licensee issued a new or transfer
  322  license after September 30, 1988, under s. 561.20(1) to maintain
  323  the licensed premises in an active manner in which the licensed
  324  premises are open for business to the public for the bona fide
  325  retail sale of authorized alcoholic beverages during regular and
  326  reasonable business hours for at least 8 hours a day for a
  327  period of 210 days or more during any 12-month period commencing
  328  6 months after the acquisition of the license by the licensee.
  329  It is the intent of this act that for purposes of compliance
  330  with this paragraph, a licensee shall operate the licensed
  331  premises in a manner so as to maximize sales and tax revenues
  332  thereon; this includes maintaining a reasonable inventory of
  333  merchandise, including authorized alcoholic beverages, and the
  334  use of good business practices to achieve the intent of this
  335  law. Any attempt by a licensee to circumvent the intent of this
  336  law shall be grounds for revocation or suspension of the
  337  alcoholic beverage license. The division may, upon written
  338  request of the licensee, give a written waiver of this
  339  requirement for a period not to exceed 12 months in cases where
  340  the licensee demonstrates that the licensed premises has been
  341  physically destroyed through no fault of the licensee, when the
  342  licensee has suffered an incapacitating illness or injury which
  343  is likely to be prolonged, or when the licensed premises has
  344  been prohibited from making sales as a result of any action of
  345  any court of competent jurisdiction. Any waiver given pursuant
  346  to this subsection may be continued upon subsequent written
  347  request showing that substantial progress has been made toward
  348  restoring the licensed premises to a condition suitable for the
  349  resumption of sales or toward allowing for a court having
  350  jurisdiction over the premises to release said jurisdiction, or
  351  that an incapacitating illness or injury continues to exist.
  352  However, in no event may the waivers necessitated by any one
  353  occurrence cumulatively total more than 24 months. Every A
  354  licensee shall notify the division in writing of any period
  355  during which his or her license is inactive and place the
  356  physical license with the division to be held in an inactive
  357  status. For the purpose of calculating compliance with the
  358  requirements of this paragraph, a license that is acquired in a
  359  transaction that is not an arm’s length transaction, including
  360  transfers from relatives, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other
  361  related entities, retains and is subject to the first related
  362  transferor’s date of acquisition and related periods of
  363  operation. The division shall, upon written request of the
  364  licensee, grant a one-time written waiver or extension of the
  365  requirements of this paragraph for a period not to exceed 12
  366  months. Additionally, the division may, upon written request of
  367  the licensee, grant a waiver or extension of the requirements of
  368  this paragraph for a period not to exceed 12 months if the
  369  licensee demonstrates that:
  370         1. The licensed premises has been physically damaged to
  371  such an extent that active operation of the business at the
  372  premises is impracticable;
  373         2. Construction or remodeling is underway to relocate the
  374  license to another location;
  375         3. The licensed premises has been prohibited from making
  376  sales as the result of any order of any court of competent
  377  jurisdiction, or any action or inaction of a local governmental
  378  entity relating to the permitting, construction, or occupational
  379  capacity of the physical location of the licensed premises.
  380         Section 6. Section 561.4205, Florida Statutes, is created
  381  to read:
  382         561.4205 Keg deposits; limited alternative inventory and
  383  reconciliation process.—
  384         (1) A distributor selling an alcoholic beverage to a vendor
  385  in bulk, by recyclable keg or other similar reusable container,
  386  for the purpose of sale in draft form on tap, must charge the
  387  vendor a deposit, to be referred to as a “keg deposit,” in an
  388  amount not less than that charged to the distributor by the
  389  manufacturer for each keg or container of the beverage sold. The
  390  deposit amount charged to a vendor for a draft keg or container
  391  of a like brand must be uniform. Charges made for deposits
  392  collected or credits allowed for empty kegs or containers
  393  returned must be shown separately on all sale tickets or
  394  invoices. A copy of such sales tickets or invoices must be given
  395  to the vendor at the time of delivery.
  396         (2) In lieu of receiving a keg deposit, a distributor
  397  selling alcoholic beverages by recyclable keg or other similar
  398  reusable container for the purpose of sale in draft form to a
  399  vendor identified in s. 561.01(18) or s. 565.02(6) or (7) shall
  400  implement an inventory and reconciliation process with such
  401  vendor in which an accounting of kegs is completed and any loss
  402  or variance in the number of kegs is paid for by the vendor on a
  403  per-keg basis equivalent to the required keg deposit. This
  404  inventory and reconciliation process may occur twice per year,
  405  at the discretion of the distributor, but must occur at least
  406  annually. Upon completion of an agreed upon keg inventory and
  407  reconciliation, the vendor shall remit payment within 15 days
  408  after receiving an invoice from the distributor. The vendor may
  409  choose to establish and fund a separate account with the
  410  distributor for the purpose of expediting timely payments.
  411         Section 7. Section 561.422, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  412  read:
  413         561.422 Municipalities, counties, and nonprofit civic
  414  organizations; temporary permits.—
  415         (1) Upon the filing of an application, presentation of a
  416  local building and zoning permit, and payment of a fee of $25
  417  per permit, the director of the division may issue a permit
  418  authorizing a municipality, a county, or a bona fide nonprofit
  419  civic organization to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption
  420  on the premises of an event only, for a period not to exceed 3
  421  days, subject to any state law or municipal or county ordinance
  422  regulating the time for selling such beverages. All net profits
  423  from sales of alcoholic beverages collected during the permit
  424  period must be retained by the municipality, county, or
  425  nonprofit civic organization. Any such municipality, county, or
  426  nonprofit civic organization may be issued only three such
  427  permits per calendar year; however, the director of the division
  428  may issue more than three permits per calendar year to a
  429  municipality or county if such permits are for events that have
  430  been authorized by a majority vote of the governing body of the
  431  municipality or county at a duly noticed public meeting. The
  432  sworn application filed by a municipality or county for a
  433  temporary permit under this section must be signed by the chief
  434  executive officer of the municipality or county.
  435         (2) Notwithstanding other provisions of the Beverage Law,
  436  any municipality, county, or nonprofit civic organization
  437  licensed under this section may purchase alcoholic beverages
  438  from a distributor or vendor licensed under the Beverage Law.
  439         (3) All alcoholic beverages purchased for sale by a
  440  municipality or county which remain unconsumed after an event
  441  must be properly stored and secured by the municipality or
  442  county.
  443         Section 8. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section
  444  563.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  445         563.06 Malt beverages; imprint on individual container;
  446  size of containers; exemptions.—
  447         (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Beverage
  448  Law, a malt beverage may be packaged in a growler, which is an
  449  individual container that holds 32, 64, or 128 ounces of such
  450  malt beverage if it is filled at the point of sale.
  451         (a) A growler may be filled or refilled by any of the
  452  following:
  453         1. A licensed manufacturer of malt beverages holding a
  454  vendor’s license under s. 561.221(2).
  455         2. A vendor holding a quota license under s. 561.20(1) or
  456  s. 565.02(1)(a) which that authorizes the sale of malt
  457  beverages.
  458         3. A vendor holding a license under s. 563.02(1)(b)-(f), s.
  459  564.02(1)(b)-(f), or s. 565.02(1)(b)-(f), if such licensed
  460  vendor receives a health inspection and certification under s.
  461  561.17(2) unless such license restricts the sale of malt
  462  beverages to sale for consumption only on the premises of such
  463  vendor.
  464         4. A vendor holding a license under s. 563.02(1)(a) or s.
  465  564.02(1)(a), having held that license in current, active status
  466  on June 30, 2015, subject to the following requirements:
  467         a. The vendor proves to the satisfaction of the division
  468  that the vendor had draft equipment and tapping accessories
  469  installed and had purchased kegs before June 30, 2015.
  470         b. The growlers are filled or refilled by the vendor or the
  471  vendor’s employee, who must be age 18 or older.
  472         c. The taps or mechanisms used to fill or refill the
  473  growlers are not accessible to customers.
  474         d. The growlers meet labeling or sealing requirements set
  475  forth in paragraph (b).
  476         e. The vendor does not permit consumption on premises,
  477  including tastings or other sampling activities.
  478         Section 9. Subsection (2) of section 565.02, Florida
  479  Statutes, is amended to read:
  480         565.02 License fees; vendors; clubs; caterers; and others.—
  481         (2) Any operator of railroads or sleeping cars and any
  482  vendor in a railroad transit station in this state may obtain a
  483  license to keep for sale and sell the beverages mentioned in the
  484  Beverage Law on passenger trains upon the payment of an annual
  485  license tax of $2,500, the tax to be paid to the division. A
  486  municipality or county may not require an additional license or
  487  levy a tax for the privilege of selling such beverages.
  488         (a) Operators of railroads or sleeping cars in this state
  489  are authorized to Such license shall authorize the holder
  490  thereof to keep for sale and sell all beverages mentioned in the
  491  Beverage Law for consumption upon any dining, club, parlor,
  492  buffet, or observation car of a passenger train in which
  493  certified copies of the licenses issued to the operators are
  494  posted. Certified copies of such licenses shall be issued by the
  495  division upon the payment of a fee of $10 operated by it in this
  496  state, but such beverages may be sold only to passengers upon
  497  the cars and must be served for consumption thereon. It is
  498  unlawful for such licensees to purchase or sell any liquor
  499  except in miniature bottles of not more than 2 ounces. Every
  500  such license for the sale of alcoholic beverages on a passenger
  501  train shall be good throughout the state. Except for alcoholic
  502  beverages sold within the licensed premises of a railroad
  503  transit station, it is unlawful for such licensees to purchase
  504  or sell any liquor on a passenger train except in miniature
  505  bottles of not more than 2 ounces No license shall be required,
  506  or tax levied by any municipality or county, for the privilege
  507  of selling such beverages for consumption in such cars. Such
  508  beverages shall be sold only on cars in which are posted
  509  certified copies of the licenses issued to such operator. Such
  510  certified copies of such licenses shall be issued by the
  511  division upon the payment of a tax of $10.
  512         (b) Vendors in a railroad transit station are authorized to
  513  keep for sale and sell all beverages mentioned in the Beverage
  514  Law. Licenses issued to vendors in a railroad transit station
  515  may not be transferred to locations beyond the railroad transit
  516  station. The alcoholic beverages sold are for consumption on the
  517  licensed premises and may be consumed in all areas within the
  518  railroad transit station and on the passenger train. Operators
  519  of railroads and sleeping cars shall keep separate the alcoholic
  520  beverages intended for sale on passenger trains and the
  521  alcoholic beverages intended for sale in the railroad transit
  522  station.
  523         Section 10. Section 565.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  524  read:
  525         565.04 Package store restrictions.—
  526         (1) Vendors licensed under s. 565.02(1)(a) shall not in
  527  said place of business sell, offer, or expose for sale any
  528  merchandise other than such beverages, and such places of
  529  business shall be devoted exclusively to such sales; provided,
  530  however, that such vendors shall be permitted to sell bitters,
  531  grenadine, nonalcoholic mixer-type beverages (not to include
  532  fruit juices produced outside this state), fruit juices produced
  533  in this state, home bar, and party supplies and equipment
  534  (including but not limited to glassware and party-type foods),
  535  miniatures of no alcoholic content, and tobacco products. Such
  536  places of business shall have no openings permitting direct
  537  access to any other building or room, except to a private office
  538  or storage room of the place of business from which patrons are
  539  excluded.
  540         (2) Notwithstanding any other law, when delivering
  541  alcoholic beverages to a vendor licensed under s. 565.02(1)(a),
  542  a licensed distributor may transport the beverages through
  543  another premises owned in whole or in part by the vendor.
  544         Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
  545