HB 0959 2003
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to Hillsborough County; authorizing the
3    Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the
4    Department of Business and Professional Regulation to
5    issue an alcoholic beverage license to the University Area
6    Community Development Corporation for use within the
7    University Area Community Center Complex and its adjoining
8    patio deck; providing the license may be used for special
9    events only; providing for payment of the license fee;
10    providing for sale of beverages for consumption within the
11    University Area Community Center Complex and its adjoining
12    patio deck; prohibiting sales for consumption off
13    premises; providing for removal from the premises of
14    partially consumed, open containers; providing for
15    transfer of the license; providing an effective date.
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17          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19          Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
20    Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of
21    Business and Professional Regulation is authorized, upon
22    application, to issue an alcoholic beverage license in
23    accordance with section 561.17, Florida Statutes, to the
24    University Area Community Development Corporation (UACDC), a
25    corporation not for profit, located in Hillsborough County, for
26    use by the corporation solely within the building known as the
27    University Area Community Center Complex (UACCC) and its
28    adjoining patio deck located at 14013 North 22 Street in Tampa.
29    The University Area Community Development Corporation shall pay
30    the applicable license fee provided in section 565.02, Florida
31    Statutes. The license may be used for special events only.
32          Section 2. Alcoholic beverages may be sold by the licensee
33    for consumption within the University Area Community Center
34    Complex and on its adjoining patio deck. The license issued
35    pursuant to this act shall not permit the sale of alcoholic
36    beverages in sealed containers for consumption outside the
37    building and off its patio. Nothing in this act shall prevent a
38    purchaser of such alcoholic beverages from removing an opened,
39    partially consumed container of alcoholic beverage from the
40    premises of the University Area Community Center Complex .
41          Section 3. The University Area Community Development
42    Corporation may transfer the license from time to time to
43    qualified applicants who are either authorized by or under
44    contract with the University Area Community Development
45    Corporation to provide food services at the University Area
46    Community Center Complex . Upon termination of a transferee’s
47    authorization or contract, the license shall automatically
48    revert by operation of law to the University Area Community
49    Development Corporation.
50          Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.