Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 106
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
02/09/2017 .
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The Committee on Rules (Galvano) recommended the following:
1 Senate Substitute for Amendment (239246) (with directory
2 and title amendments)
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4 Between lines 71 and 72
5 insert:
6 (2)(a) A vendor licensed under s. 565.02(1)(a) may not in
7 such place of business sell, offer, or expose for sale any
8 merchandise other than such beverages, and such place of
9 business shall be devoted exclusively to such sales; however,
10 such vendor may sell bitters, grenadine, nonalcoholic mixer-type
11 beverages (not to include fruit juices produced outside this
12 state), fruit juices produced in this state, home bar, party
13 supplies and equipment (including but not limited to glassware
14 and party-type foods), miniatures of no alcoholic content, and
15 tobacco products. Such place of business may not have openings
16 permitting direct access to any other building or room, except
17 to a private office or storage room of the place of business
18 from which patrons are excluded.
19 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a vendor:
20 1. At the vendor’s place of business if the vendor has only
21 one place of business.
22 2. At 25 percent of the vendor’s places of business if the
23 vendor has an interest, directly or indirectly, in more than one
24 place of business;
25 3. After July 1, 2018, at two of the vendor’s places of
26 business, or, if the vendor has an interest, directly or
27 indirectly, in two or more places of business, 50 percent of the
28 vendor’s places of business; and
29 4. After July 1, 2019, at three of the vendor’s places of
30 business, or, if the vendor has an interest in three or more
31 places of business, 75 percent of the vendor’s places of
32 business.
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34 If the percentage of the vendor’s places of business results in
35 a fraction of 0.50 or more, the number of the vendor’s places of
36 business at which paragraph (a) does not apply shall be
37 increased to the next greater whole number. A vendor licensed
38 under s. 565.02(1)(a) must notify the Division of Alcoholic
39 Beverages and Tobacco, in writing, of the places of business to
40 which paragraph (a) will not apply.
41 (c) This subsection expires June 30, 2020.
42 (3)(a) A vendor licensed under s. 565.02(1)(a) may not in
43 such place of business sell, offer, or expose for sale distilled
44 spirits in containers of 200 milliliters or less or 6.8 ounces
45 or less except from a restricted area where access is restricted
46 to the vendor or employees of such vendor.
47 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a vendor’s place of
48 business if such place of business is devoted exclusively to the
49 sale of alcoholic beverages; however, such place of business
50 vendors may sell bitters, grenadine, nonalcoholic mixer-type
51 beverages (not to include fruit juices produced outside this
52 state), fruit juices produced in this state, home bar, party
53 supplies and equipment (including but not limited to glassware
54 and party-type foods), miniatures of no alcoholic content, and
55 tobacco products. Such place of business may not have openings
56 permitting direct access to any other building or room, except
57 to a private office or storage room of the place of business
58 from which patrons are excluded.
59 (4) The division may not issue a license under s.
60 565.02(1)(a) for any location or business that includes a
61 gasoline service station or a motor fuel retail outlet, as
62 defined in s. 526.303(14), unless the location of the premises
63 consists of a minimum of 10,000 square feet of retail space for
64 the general public.
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67 And the directory clause is amended as follows:
68 Delete line 48
69 and insert:
70 Statutes, is amended, present subsection (2) of that section is
71 redesignated as subsection (5), and a new subsection (2) and
72 subsections (3) and (4) are added to that section, to read:
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75 And the title is amended as follows:
76 Delete line 14
77 and insert:
78 current licenses with some restrictions; providing
79 applicability; providing an expiration date; providing
80 a restriction on the sale of distilled spirits below
81 the specified container sizes; prohibiting the
82 issuance of a package store license for specified
83 locations or businesses; providing an exception;
84 providing an