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        By Representative Bitner






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Department of Business

  3         and Professional Regulation; amending s.

  4         509.049, F.S.; revising language with respect

  5         to food service employee training; providing

  6         for a food service training certificate

  7         program; amending s. 509.291, F.S.; revising

  8         the membership of the Hotel and Restaurant

  9         Advisory Council; amending s. 561.01, F.S.;

10         revising the definition of the term "licensee"

11         under the Beverage Law; amending s. 561.17,

12         F.S.; revising a provision relating to license

13         and registration applications under the

14         Beverage Law to provide additional

15         requirements; amending s. 561.181, F.S.;

16         providing a definition; revising language with

17         respect to temporary initial licenses; amending

18         s. 561.20, F.S.; revising language with respect

19         to the limitation on the number of alcoholic

20         beverage licenses issued; amending s. 561.29,

21         F.S.; revising language with respect to the

22         revocation and suspension of licenses under the

23         Beverage Law to include another prohibition;

24         amending s. 561.32, F.S.; revising a provision

25         relating to the transfer of a license; amending

26         s. 561.331, F.S.; revising language with

27         respect to a temporary license issued upon

28         application for transfer, change of location,

29         or change of type or series; providing a

30         definition; providing an effective date.

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  1  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  3         Section 1.  Section 509.049, Florida Statutes, is

  4  amended to read:

  5         509.049  Food service employee training.--The division

  6  shall adopt, by rule, minimum food safety protection standards

  7  for the training of all food service employees who are

  8  responsible for the storage, preparation, display, or serving

  9  of foods to the public in establishments regulated under this

10  chapter.  These standards shall not include an examination,

11  but shall provide for a food safety training certificate

12  program for food service employees to be administered by a

13  private nonprofit provider chosen by the division. The

14  division shall contract with a provider on a 4-year basis and

15  is authorized to promulgate by rule a fee for the program. In

16  making its selection, the division shall consider factors

17  including, but not limited to, the experience and history of

18  the provider in representing the food service industry, the

19  provider's demonstrated commitment to food safety, and its

20  ability to provide a statewide program with industry support

21  and participation. If an operator of public food service

22  establishments provides a food safety training program to its

23  employees prior to the effective date of this act, the

24  operator shall submit its training program to the division for

25  its review and approval. If the operator's food safety

26  training program is approved by the division, nothing in this

27  section shall require the employees of such an operator to

28  receive training from the division's contracted provider.

29  Review and approval by the division of a program under this

30  section shall include, but is not limited to, the minimum food

31  safety standards adopted by the division in accordance with

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  1  this section or certification.  It shall be the duty of the

  2  licensee of the public food service establishment to provide

  3  training in accordance with the described rule to all

  4  employees under the licensee's supervision or control.  The

  5  licensee may designate a certified food service manager to

  6  perform this function as an agent of the licensee.

  7         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 509.291, Florida

  8  Statutes, is amended to read:

  9         509.291  Advisory council.--

10         (1)  There is created a nine-member an 18-member

11  advisory council.

12         (a)  The Secretary of Business and Professional

13  Regulation shall appoint six 11 voting members to the advisory

14  council. Each member appointed by the secretary must be an

15  operator of an establishment licensed under this chapter and

16  shall represent the industries regulated by the division,

17  except that one member appointed by the secretary must be a

18  layperson and shall represent the general public. Such members

19  of the council shall serve staggered terms of 4 years.

20         (b)  The division, the Department of Health, The

21  Florida Hotel and Motel Association, the Florida Restaurant

22  Association, and the Florida Apartment Association, and the

23  Florida Association of Realtors shall each designate one

24  representative to serve as a voting member of the council, and

25  one member appointed by the secretary must be appointed to

26  represent nontransient public lodging establishments.  In

27  addition, one hospitality administration educator from an

28  institution of higher education affiliated with the

29  Hospitality Education Program pursuant to s. 509.302(2) shall

30  serve as an ex officio for a term of 2 years as a nonvoting

31  voting member of the council.  This single representative

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  1  shall be designated on a rotating basis by the institution or

  2  institutions of higher education affiliated with this program

  3  pursuant to s. 509.302(2).

  4         (c)  Any member who fails to attend three consecutive

  5  council meetings without good cause may be removed from the

  6  council by the secretary.

  7         Section 3.  Subsection (14) of section 561.01, Florida

  8  Statutes, is amended to read:

  9         561.01  Definitions.--As used in the Beverage Law:

10         (14)  "Licensee," "applicant," or "person" means a

11  legal or business entity, person, or persons that hold a

12  license issued by the division and meets the qualifications

13  set forth in s. 561.15 an individual, corporation, firm,

14  partnership, limited partnership, incorporated association,

15  unincorporated association, professional association, or other

16  legal or commercial entity; a combination of such entities; or

17  any such entity having a financial interest, directly or

18  indirectly, in another such entity.

19         Section 4.  Subsection (1) of section 561.17, Florida

20  Statutes, is amended to read:

21         561.17  License and registration applications; approved

22  person.--

23         (1)  Any person, before engaging in the business of

24  manufacturing, bottling, distributing, selling, or in any way

25  dealing in alcoholic beverages, shall file, with the district

26  licensing personnel supervisor of the district of the division

27  in which the place of business for which a license is sought

28  is located, a sworn application in duplicate on forms provided

29  to the district licensing personnel supervisor by the

30  division. The applicant must be a legal or business entity,

31  person, or persons and must include all persons, officers,

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  1  shareholders, and directors of such legal or business entity

  2  that have a direct or indirect interest in the business

  3  seeking to be licensed under this part. However, the applicant

  4  does not include any person that derives revenue from the

  5  license solely through a contractual relationship with the

  6  licensee, the substance of which contractual relationship is

  7  not related to the control of the sale of alcoholic beverages.

  8  Prior to any application being approved, the division may

  9  require the applicant to file a set of fingerprints on regular

10  United States Department of Justice forms for herself or

11  himself and for any person or persons interested directly or

12  indirectly with the applicant in the business for which the

13  license is being sought, when so required by the division.  If

14  the applicant or any person who is interested with the

15  applicant either directly or indirectly in the business or who

16  has a security interest in the license being sought or has a

17  right to a percentage payment from the proceeds of the

18  business, either by lease or otherwise, is not qualified, the

19  application shall be denied by the division.  However, any

20  company regularly traded on a national securities exchange and

21  not over the counter; any insurer, as defined in the Florida

22  Insurance Code; or any bank or savings and loan association

23  chartered by this state, another state, or the United States

24  which has an interest, directly or indirectly, in an alcoholic

25  beverage license shall not be required to obtain division

26  approval of its officers, directors, or stockholders or any

27  change of such positions or interests.  A shopping center with

28  five or more stores, one or more of which has an alcoholic

29  beverage license and is required under a lease common to all

30  shopping center tenants to pay no more than 10 percent of the

31  gross proceeds of the business holding the license to the

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  1  shopping center, shall not be considered as having an

  2  interest, directly or indirectly, in the license.

  3         Section 5.  Section 561.181, Florida Statutes, is

  4  amended to read:

  5         561.181  Temporary initial licenses.--

  6         (1)(a)  For the purpose of this section, the terms

  7  "denied" or "denial" are deemed to be the final agency action

  8  denying the application for licensure pursuant to s. 120.60.

  9         (b)  A temporary initial license shall not be continued

10  or extended during any proceeding for judicial review pursuant

11  to s. 120.68 challenging or appealing the final agency action

12  denying the application, when the temporary initial license is

13  denied due to the failure of the applicant to disclose prior

14  felony convictions or the applicant's true identity.

15         (c)  A temporary initial license shall be continued or

16  extended during any proceeding for judicial review pursuant to

17  s. 120.68 challenging or appealing the final agency action

18  denying the application, when the temporary initial license is

19  denied for reasons other than for the failure of the applicant

20  to disclose prior felony convictions or the applicant's true

21  identity.

22         (d)  A temporary initial license shall be valid for up

23  to 90 days and may be extended by the division for an

24  additional period of time for good cause. The division may at

25  any time during such period grant or deny the license applied

26  for, notwithstanding s. 120.60.

27         (2)(1)(a)  When any person has filed a properly

28  completed application which does not on its face disclose any

29  reason for denying an alcoholic beverage license, the division

30  shall issue to such person a temporary initial license of the

31  same type and series for which the application has been

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  1  submitted, to be valid for all purposes under the Beverage

  2  Law, except as provided in paragraph (b).

  3         (b)  A temporary initial license issued under this

  4  section entitles a temporary licensee vendor to purchase

  5  alcoholic beverages for cash only.  This paragraph does not

  6  apply:

  7         1.  If the entity holding the temporary initial license

  8  is also the holder of a beverage license authorizing the

  9  purchase of the same type of alcoholic beverages as is

10  authorized under the temporary initial license.

11         2.  To purchases made as part of a single-transaction

12  cooperative purchase placed by a pool buying agent.

13         (3)(2)  The temporary initial license shall be valid

14  until the application is denied or until 14 days after the

15  application is approved.

16         (4)(3)  A temporary initial license shall expire and

17  shall not be continued or extended beyond the date the

18  division denies the application for license, beyond 14 days

19  after the date the division approves the application for

20  license, beyond the date the applicant pays the license fee

21  for and the division issues the license applied for, beyond

22  the time period provided for in subsection (1), or beyond the

23  date the temporary initial license otherwise expires by law,

24  whichever date occurs first.

25         (5)(4)  Each applicant seeking a temporary initial

26  license shall pay to the division for such license a fee equal

27  to one-fourth of the annual license fee for the type and

28  series of license being applied for or $100, whichever is

29  greater, which fee shall be deposited into the General Revenue

30  Fund.

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  1         Section 6.  Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of

  2  subsection (2) of section 561.20, Florida Statutes, are

  3  amended to read:

  4         561.20  Limitation upon number of licenses issued.--

  5         (1)  No license under s. 565.02(1)(a)-(f), inclusive,

  6  shall be issued so that the number of such licenses within the

  7  limits of the territory of any county exceeds one such license

  8  to each 7,500 5,000 residents within such county.  Regardless

  9  of the number of quota licenses issued prior to October 1,

10  2000 1992, on and after that date, a new license under s.

11  565.02(1)(a)-(f), inclusive, shall be issued for each

12  population increase of 7,500 5,000 residents above the number

13  of residents who resided in the county according to the April

14  1, 1999 1991, Florida Estimate of Population as published by

15  the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University

16  of Florida, and thereafter, based on the last regular

17  population estimate prepared pursuant to s. 186.901, for such

18  county.  Such population estimates shall be the basis for

19  annual license issuance regardless of any local acts to the

20  contrary. However, such limitation shall not prohibit the

21  issuance of at least three licenses in any county that may

22  approve the sale of intoxicating liquors in such county.

23         (2)(a)  No such limitation of the number of licenses as

24  herein provided shall henceforth prohibit the issuance of a

25  special license to:

26         1.  Any bona fide hotel, motel, or motor court of not

27  fewer than 80 guest rooms in any county having a population of

28  less than 50,000 residents, and of not fewer than 100 guest

29  rooms in any county having a population of 50,000 residents or

30  greater; or any bona fide hotel or motel located in a historic

31  structure, as defined in s. 561.01(21), with fewer than 100

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  1  guest rooms which derives at least 51 percent of its gross

  2  revenue from the rental of hotel or motel rooms, which is

  3  licensed as a public lodging establishment by the Division of

  4  Hotels and Restaurants; provided, however, that a bona fide

  5  hotel or motel with no fewer than 10 and no more than 25 guest

  6  rooms which is a historic structure, as defined in s.

  7  561.01(21), in a municipality that on the effective date of

  8  this act has a population, according to the University of

  9  Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research Estimates

10  of Population for 1998, of no fewer than 25,000 and no more

11  than 35,000 residents and that is within a constitutionally

12  chartered county may be issued a special license. This special

13  license shall allow the sale and consumption of alcoholic

14  beverages only on the licensed premises of the hotel or motel.

15  In addition, the hotel or motel must derive at least 60

16  percent of its gross revenue from the rental of hotel or motel

17  rooms and the sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages;

18  provided that the provisions of this subparagraph shall

19  supersede local laws requiring a greater number of hotel

20  rooms;

21         2.  Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer

22  than 100 condominium units are wholly rentable to transients

23  and which is licensed under the provisions of chapter 509,

24  except that the license shall be issued only to the person or

25  corporation which operates the hotel or motel operation and

26  not to the association of condominium owners;

27         3.  Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer

28  than 50 condominium units are wholly rentable to transients,

29  which is licensed under the provisions of chapter 509, and

30  which is located in any county having home rule under s. 10 or

31  s. 11, Art. VIII of the State Constitution of 1885, as

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  1  amended, and incorporated by reference in s. 6(e), Art. VIII

  2  of the State Constitution, except that the license shall be

  3  issued only to the person or corporation which operates the

  4  hotel or motel operation and not to the association of

  5  condominium owners; or

  6         4.  Any restaurant having 2,500 square feet of service

  7  area and equipped to serve 150 persons full course meals at

  8  tables at one time, and deriving at least 51 percent of its

  9  gross revenue from the sale of food and nonalcoholic

10  beverages; however, no restaurant granted a special license on

11  or after January 1, 1958, pursuant to general or special law

12  shall operate as a package store, nor shall intoxicating

13  beverages be sold under such license after the hours of

14  serving food have elapsed; or.

15         5.  Any caterer licensed by the Division of Hotels and

16  Restaurants under chapter 509. Notwithstanding any other

17  provision of law to the contrary, a licensee under this

18  subparagraph shall sell or serve alcoholic beverages only by

19  the individual drink for consumption on the premises of a

20  catered event at which the licensee is also providing prepared

21  food, and shall prominently display its license at any catered

22  event at which the caterer is selling or serving alcoholic

23  beverages. A licensee under this subparagraph shall purchase

24  all alcoholic beverages it sells or serves at a catered event

25  from a vendor licensed under s. 563.02(1), s. 564.02(1), or s.

26  561.20(1), as appropriate. A licensee under this subparagraph

27  may not store any alcoholic beverages to be sold or served at

28  a catered event. Any alcoholic beverages purchased by a

29  licensee under this subparagraph for a catered event that are

30  not used at that event must remain with the customer, provided

31  that, if the vendor accepts unopened alcoholic beverages, the

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  1  licensee may return such alcoholic beverages to the vendor for

  2  a credit or reimbursement. Regardless of the county or

  3  counties in which the licensee operates, a licensee under this

  4  subparagraph shall pay the annual state license tax set forth

  5  in s. 565.02(1)(b). A licensee under this subparagraph must

  6  maintain for a period of 3 years all records required by

  7  department rule to demonstrate compliance with the

  8  requirements of this subparagraph, including licensed vendor

  9  receipts for the purchase of alcoholic beverages and records

10  identifying each customer and the location and date of each

11  catered event. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the

12  contrary, any vendor licensed under s. 561.20(1) may, without

13  any additional licensure under this subparagraph, serve or

14  sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises of a

15  catered event at which prepared food is provided by a caterer

16  licensed under chapter 509. If a licensee under this

17  subparagraph also possesses any other license under the

18  Beverage Law, the license issued under this subparagraph shall

19  not authorize the holder to conduct activities on the premises

20  to which the other license or licenses apply that would

21  otherwise be prohibited by the terms of that license or the

22  Beverage Law. The Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco

23  is hereby authorized to adopt rules to administer the license

24  created by this subparagraph, to include rules governing

25  licensure, recordkeeping, and enforcement. All fees collected

26  by the division pursuant to this subparagraph shall be

27  deposited into the Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund created

28  pursuant to s. 509.072.

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30  However, any license heretofore issued to any such hotel,

31  motel, motor court, or restaurant or hereafter issued to any

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  1  such hotel, motel, or motor court, including a condominium

  2  accommodation, under the general law shall not be moved to a

  3  new location, such license being valid only on the premises of

  4  such hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant. Licenses issued

  5  to hotels, motels, motor courts, or restaurants under the

  6  general law and held by such hotels, motels, motor courts, or

  7  restaurants on May 24, 1947, shall be counted in the quota

  8  limitation contained in subsection (1).  Any license issued

  9  for any hotel, motel, or motor court under the provisions of

10  this law shall be issued only to the owner of the hotel,

11  motel, or motor court or, in the event the hotel, motel, or

12  motor court is leased, to the lessee of the hotel, motel, or

13  motor court; and the license shall remain in the name of the

14  owner or lessee so long as the license is in existence. Any

15  special license now in existence heretofore issued under the

16  provisions of this law cannot be renewed except in the name of

17  the owner of the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant or,

18  in the event the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant is

19  leased, in the name of the lessee of the hotel, motel, motor

20  court, or restaurant in which the license is located and must

21  remain in the name of the owner or lessee so long as the

22  license is in existence.  Any license issued under this

23  section shall be marked "Special," and nothing herein provided

24  shall limit, restrict, or prevent the issuance of a special

25  license for any restaurant or motel which shall hereafter meet

26  the requirements of the law existing immediately prior to the

27  effective date of this act, if construction of such restaurant

28  has commenced prior to the effective date of this act and is

29  completed within 30 days thereafter, or if an application is

30  on file for such special license at the time this act takes

31  effect; and any such licenses issued under this proviso may be

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  1  annually renewed as now provided by law.  Nothing herein

  2  prevents an application for transfer of a license to a bona

  3  fide purchaser of any hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant

  4  by the purchaser of such facility or the transfer of such

  5  license pursuant to law.

  6         Section 7.  Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (1) of

  7  section 561.29, Florida Statutes, to read:

  8         561.29  Revocation and suspension of license; power to

  9  subpoena.--

10         (1)  The division is given full power and authority to

11  revoke or suspend the license of any person holding a license

12  under the Beverage Law, when it is determined or found by the

13  division upon sufficient cause appearing of:

14         (k)  Failure by the holder of any license issued under

15  the Beverage Law to comply with a stipulation, consent order,

16  or final order.

17         Section 8.  Subsection (5) of section 561.32, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         561.32  Transfer of licenses; change of officers or

20  directors; transfer of interest.--

21         (5)  The division shall waive the transfer fee and the

22  delinquent penalties, but not the license renewal fee, when

23  the transfer of an interest in an alcoholic beverage license

24  occurs by operation of law because of a death, judicial

25  proceedings, court appointment of a fiduciary, foreclosure or

26  forced judicial sale, bankruptcy proceedings, or seizure of a

27  license by a government agency.

28         Section 9.  Section 561.331, Florida Statutes, is

29  amended to read:

30         561.331  Temporary license upon application for

31  transfer, change of location, or change of type or series.--

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  1         (1)(a)  For the purpose of this section, the terms

  2  "denied" or "denial" are deemed to be the final agency action

  3  denying the application for licensure pursuant to s. 120.60.

  4         (b)  A temporary license for transfer, change of

  5  location, or change of type or series shall not be continued

  6  or extended during any proceeding for judicial review pursuant

  7  to s. 120.68 challenging or appealing the final agency action

  8  denying the application, when the temporary license is denied

  9  due to the failure of the applicant to disclose prior felony

10  convictions or the applicant's true identity.

11         (c)  A temporary license for transfer, change of

12  location, or change of type or series shall be continued or

13  extended during any proceeding for judicial review pursuant to

14  s. 120.68 challenging or appealing the final agency action

15  denying the application, when the temporary license is denied

16  for reasons other than the failure of the applicant to

17  disclose all prior felony convictions or the applicant's true

18  identity.

19         (d)  A temporary license shall be valid for up to 90

20  days and may be extended by the division for an additional

21  period of time for good cause. The division may at any time

22  during such period grant or deny the license applied for,

23  notwithstanding s. 120.60.

24         (2)(1)  Upon the filing of a properly completed

25  application for transfer pursuant to s. 561.32, which

26  application does not on its face disclose any reason for

27  denying an alcoholic beverage license, by any purchaser of a

28  business which possesses a beverage license of any type or

29  series, the purchaser of such business and the applicant for

30  transfer are entitled as a matter of right to receive a

31  temporary beverage license of the same type and series as that

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  1  held by the seller of such business.  The temporary license

  2  will be valid for all purposes under the Beverage Law until

  3  the application is denied, or until 14 days after the

  4  application is approved, or until the time period provided

  5  under subsection (1) has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Such

  6  temporary beverage license shall be issued by the district

  7  supervisor of the district in which the application for

  8  transfer is made upon the payment of a fee of $100. A

  9  temporary licensee, while purchaser operating under a valid

10  temporary license issued under the provisions of this

11  subsection is subject to the same rights, privileges, duties,

12  and limitations of a beverage licensee as are provided by the

13  Beverage Law, except that purchases of alcoholic beverages

14  during the term of such temporary license shall be for cash

15  only. However, such cash-only restriction does not apply if

16  the entity holding a temporary license pursuant to this

17  section purchases alcoholic beverages as part of a

18  single-transaction cooperative purchase placed by a pool

19  buying agent or if such entity is also the holder of a state

20  beverage license authorizing the purchase of the same type of

21  alcoholic beverages as authorized under the temporary license.

22         (3)(2)  Upon the filing of a properly completed an

23  application for change of location pursuant to s. 561.33 by

24  any qualified licensee who possesses a beverage license of any

25  type or series, which application does not on its face

26  disclose any reason for denying an alcoholic beverage license,

27  the licensee is entitled as a matter of right to receive a

28  temporary beverage license of the same series as that license

29  held by the licensee to be valid for all purposes under the

30  Beverage Law until the application is denied, or until 14 days

31  after the application is approved, or until the time period

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  1  provided under subsection (1) has elapsed, whichever occurs

  2  first.  Such temporary license shall be issued by the district

  3  supervisor of the district in which the application for change

  4  of location is made without the payment of any further fee or

  5  tax.  A temporary licensee, while operating under a valid

  6  temporary license issued under the provisions of this

  7  subsection, is subject to the same rights, privileges, duties,

  8  and limitations of a beverage licensee as are provided by the

  9  Beverage Law.

10         (4)(3)  Upon the filing of a properly completed

11  application to change the type or series of a beverage license

12  by any qualified licensee having a beverage license of any

13  type or series, which application does not on its face

14  disclose any reason for denying an alcoholic beverage license,

15  the licensee is entitled as a matter of right to receive a

16  temporary beverage license of the type or series applied for,

17  which temporary license is valid for all purposes under the

18  Beverage Law until the application is denied, or until 14 days

19  after the application is approved, or until the time period

20  provided under subsection (1) has elapsed, whichever occurs

21  first.  Such temporary license shall be issued by the district

22  supervisor of the district in which the application for change

23  of type or series is made.  If the fee for the type or series

24  or license applied for is greater than the fee for the license

25  then held by the applicant, the applicant for such temporary

26  license must pay a fee in the amount of $100 or one-fourth of

27  the difference between the fees, whichever amount is greater.

28  A fee is not required for an application for a temporary

29  license of a type or series for which the fee is the same as

30  or less than the fee for the license then held by the

31  applicant. The holder of A temporary licensee, while operating

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  1  under a valid temporary license under this subsection, is

  2  subject to the same rights, privileges, duties, and

  3  limitations of a beverage licensee as are provided by the

  4  Beverage Law.

  5         (5)(4)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to

  6  permit the transfer or issuance of temporary licenses contrary

  7  to the county-by-county limitation on the number of such

  8  licenses based on population as provided in s. 561.20(1).

  9         Section 10.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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12                          HOUSE SUMMARY

13
      Revises provisions of law relating to the Department of
14    Business and Professional Regulation to:

15         1. Provide for a food service training certificate
      program.
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           2. Revise the membership of the Hotel and Restaurant
17    Advisory Council.

18         3. Revise the definition of a licensee under the
      Beverage Law.
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           4. Provide an additional requirement for license and
20    registration applications under the Beverage Law.

21         5. Revise language with respect to temporary initial
      licenses under the Beverage Law.
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           6. Increase the population requirements and revise
23    language with respect to the number of alcoholic beverage
      licenses issued.
24
           7. Provide an additional prohibition for which
25    license suspension or revocation may occur under the
      Beverage Law.
26
           8. Revise language with respect to a temporary
27    license issued upon application for transfer, change of
      location, or change of type or series of license.
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29    See bill for details.

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