Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 574
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/05/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Burgess) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 561.424, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) is added to that
    7  section, to read:
    8         561.424 Vinous beverages; in-store servicing authorized.—
    9         (2) Nothing in s. 561.42 or any other provision of the
   10  alcoholic beverage law prohibits shall prohibit a distributor of
   11  wine from providing in-store servicing of wine sold by the such
   12  distributor to a vendor.
   13         (3) As used in this section, the term “in-store servicing”
   14  as used herein means:
   15         (a) Placing the wine on the vendor’s shelves and
   16  maintaining the appearance and display of the said wine on the
   17  vendor’s shelves in the vendor’s licensed premises.;
   18         (b) Placing the wine that is not so shelved or displayed in
   19  a storage area designated by the vendor, which is located in the
   20  vendor’s licensed premises.;
   21         (c) Rotating rotation of vinous beverages.; and
   22         (d) Price stamping of vinous beverages in the vendor’s
   23  licensed premises. This section shall not apply to distilled
   24  spirits.
   25         Section 2. Section 561.425, Florida Statutes, is created to
   26  read:
   27         561.425 Distilled spirits; in-store servicing authorized.—
   28         (1) Nothing in s. 561.42 or any other provision of the
   29  alcoholic beverage law prohibits a distributor of distilled
   30  spirits from providing in-store servicing of distilled spirits
   31  sold by the distributor to a vendor.
   32         (2) As used in this section, the term “in-store servicing”
   33  means:
   34         (a) Placing distilled spirits, including distilled spirits
   35  located in a storage area designated by the vendor, on the
   36  vendor’s shelves and maintaining the appearance and display of
   37  the distilled spirits on the vendor’s shelves in the vendor’s
   38  licensed premises.
   39         (b) Placing the distilled spirits in displays.
   40         (c) Placing the distilled spirits that are not shelved or
   41  displayed in a storage area designated by the vendor, which is
   42  located in the vendor’s licensed premises.
   43         (d) Rotating distilled spirits.
   44         (e) Price stamping distilled spirits in the vendor’s
   45  licensed premises.
   46         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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   48  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   49  And the title is amended as follows:
   50         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   51  and insert:
   52                        A bill to be entitled                      
   53         An act relating to in-store servicing of alcoholic
   54         beverages; amending s. 561.424, F.S.; conforming
   55         provisions to changes made by the act; creating s.
   56         561.425, F.S.; authorizing the in-store servicing of
   57         distilled spirits sold by a distributor to a vendor;
   58         defining the term “in-store servicing”; providing an
   59         effective date