HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-032                                    Bill No. CS/HB 2281

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Bitner offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with directory language and title

14  amendments) 

15         On page 14, between lines 18 and 19,

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17  insert:

18         (6)(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

19  except as provided in paragraph (b), any license issued after

20  October 1, 2000, under s. 561.20(1) shall not be transferable

21  in any manner, directly or indirectly, including by any change

22  in stock, partnership shares, or other form of ownership of

23  any entity holding the license, except by probate or

24  guardianship proceedings. Any attempted assignment, sale, or

25  transfer of interest in such license, directly or indirectly,

26  in violation of this provision is hereby declared void and the

27  license shall be deemed abandoned and shall revert to the

28  state to be issued in the manner provided by law for issuance

29  of new licenses.

30         (b)  A license issued after October 1, 2000, under s.

31  561.20(1) may be transferred as provided by law only upon

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-032                                    Bill No. CS/HB 2281

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  payment to the division of a transfer fee in an amount equal

 2  to fifty times the annual license fee specified in s.

 3  565.02(1)(b)-(f) in the county in which the license is valid.

 4  However, if the county is only authorized for the issuance of

 5  a liquor license for package sales only, the transfer fee

 6  shall be an amount equal to fifty times the annual license fee

 7  specified in s. 565.02(1)(a). The transfer fee provided for in

 8  this paragraph shall be in addition to any other transfer fee

 9  provided by paragraph (3)(a).

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12  == D I R E C T O R Y   L A N G U A G E   A M E N D M E N T ==

13  And the directory language is amended as follows:

14         On page 14, line 9, after the word "amended"

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16  insert:  , and subsection (6) is added to said section,

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20  And the title is amended as follows:

21         On page 1, line 29, after the semicolon,

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24         prohibiting transfers of certain licenses under

25         the Beverage Law; providing exceptions;

26         providing for reversion to the state of certain

27         licenses deemed abandoned; providing for

28         transfer of certain licenses under certain

29         circumstances; specifying fees for such

30         transfers;

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