Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 7099, 2nd Eng. Ì576912/Î576912 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 03/04/2016 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Appropriations (Hays) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (403268) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Between lines 4 and 5 5 insert: 6 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 7 565.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 8 565.03 License fees; manufacturers, distributors, brokers, 9 sales agents, and importers of alcoholic beverages; vendor 10 licenses and fees; craft distilleries.— 11 (2)(a) A distillery authorized to do business under the 12 Beverage Law shall pay an annual state license tax for each 13 plant or branch operating in the state, as follows: 14 1. If engaged in the business of manufacturing distilled 15 spirits, a state license tax of $4,000. 16 2. If engaged in the business of rectifying and blending 17 spirituous liquors and nothing else, a state license tax of 18 $4,000. 19 3. If engaged in the business of manufacturing distilled 20 spirits as a qualified craft distillery, a state license tax of 21 $1,000. 22 23 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 24 And the title is amended as follows: 25 Delete line 1249 26 and insert: 27 An act relating to taxation; amending s. 565.03, F.S.; 28 specifying the annual state license tax for certain 29 plants or branches of a specified distillery; amending 30 s. 196.012,