Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 698
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Bradley moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 247 - 370
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 565.02, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         565.02 License fees; vendors; clubs; caterers; and others.—
    8         (2) Any operator of railroads or sleeping cars and any
    9  vendor in a railroad transit station in this state may obtain a
   10  license to keep for sale and sell the beverages mentioned in the
   11  Beverage Law on passenger trains upon the payment of an annual
   12  license tax of $2,500, the tax to be paid to the division. A
   13  municipality or county may not require an additional license or
   14  levy a tax for the privilege of selling such beverages.
   15         (a) Operators of railroads or sleeping cars in this state
   16  are authorized to Such license shall authorize the holder
   17  thereof to keep for sale and sell all beverages mentioned in the
   18  Beverage Law for consumption upon any dining, club, parlor,
   19  buffet, or observation car of a passenger train in which
   20  certified copies of the licenses issued to the operators are
   21  posted. Certified copies of such licenses shall be issued by the
   22  division upon the payment of a fee of $10 operated by it in this
   23  state, but such beverages may be sold only to passengers upon
   24  the cars and must be served for consumption thereon. It is
   25  unlawful for such licensees to purchase or sell any liquor
   26  except in miniature bottles of not more than 2 ounces. Every
   27  such license for the sale of alcoholic beverages on a passenger
   28  train shall be good throughout the state. Except for alcoholic
   29  beverages sold within the licensed premises of a railroad
   30  transit station, it is unlawful for such licensees to purchase
   31  or sell any liquor on a passenger train except in miniature
   32  bottles of not more than 2 ounces No license shall be required,
   33  or tax levied by any municipality or county, for the privilege
   34  of selling such beverages for consumption in such cars. Such
   35  beverages shall be sold only on cars in which are posted
   36  certified copies of the licenses issued to such operator. Such
   37  certified copies of such licenses shall be issued by the
   38  division upon the payment of a tax of $10.
   39         (b) Vendors in a railroad transit station are authorized to
   40  keep for sale and sell all beverages mentioned in the Beverage
   41  Law. Licenses issued to vendors in a railroad transit station
   42  may not be transferred to locations beyond the railroad transit
   43  station. The alcoholic beverages sold are for consumption on the
   44  licensed premises and may be consumed in all areas within the
   45  railroad transit station and on the passenger train. Operators
   46  of railroads and sleeping cars shall keep separate the alcoholic
   47  beverages intended for sale on passenger trains and the
   48  alcoholic beverages intended for sale in the railroad transit
   49  station.
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   51  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   52  And the title is amended as follows:
   53         Delete lines 32 - 45
   54  and insert:
   55         beverages; amending s. 565.02, F.S.; authorizing
   56         vendors in railroad transit stations to obtain
   57         licenses to keep and sell alcoholic beverages;
   58         prohibiting a municipality or county from requiring an
   59         additional license or levying a tax to sell certain
   60         beverages; revising the locations where certain
   61         beverages may be sold; providing liquor bottle size
   62         restrictions for railroad transit stations;
   63         prohibiting the transfer of certain licenses;
   64         requiring operators of railroads and sleeping cars to
   65         keep separate certain alcoholic beverages;