Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 296
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 564.05, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
    6         Section 2. Section 564.055, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
    7         Section 3. Section 564.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    8  read:
    9         564.09 Restaurants; off-premises consumption of wine.
   10  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a restaurant
   11  licensed to sell wine on the premises may permit a patron to
   12  remove one unsealed bottle of wine for consumption off the
   13  premises if the patron has purchased a full course meal
   14  consisting of a salad or vegetable, entree, a beverage, and
   15  bread and consumed a portion of the bottle of wine with such
   16  meal on the restaurant premises. A partially consumed bottle of
   17  wine that is to be removed from the premises must be securely
   18  resealed by the licensee or its employees before removal from
   19  the premises. The partially consumed bottle of wine shall be
   20  placed in a bag or other container that is secured in such a
   21  manner that it is visibly apparent if the container has been
   22  subsequently opened or tampered with, and a dated receipt for
   23  the bottle of wine and full course meal shall be provided by the
   24  licensee and attached to the container. If transported in a
   25  motor vehicle, the container with the resealed bottle of wine
   26  must be placed in a locked glove compartment, a locked trunk, or
   27  the area behind the last upright seat of a motor vehicle that is
   28  not equipped with a trunk.
   29         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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   32  And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   34  and insert:
   35                        A bill to be entitled                      
   36         An act relating to the Beverage Law; repealing s.
   37         564.05, F.S., relating to limitations on the size of
   38         individual wine containers; repealing s. 564.055,
   39         F.S., relating to limitations on the size of
   40         individual cider containers; amending s. 564.09, F.S.;
   41         revising provisions authorizing a restaurant to allow
   42         a patron to remove bottles of wine from a restaurant
   43         for off-premises consumption; providing an effective
   44         date.