HB 1407

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
3	County; authorizing the Division of Alcoholic Beverages
4	and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional
5	Regulation to issue up to a specified number of temporary
6	permits to a nonprofit civic organization to sell
7	alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises at
8	outdoor events on public right-of-way in the downtown area
9	of St. Petersburg; providing that such events require a
10	street-closure permit from the City of St. Petersburg;
11	providing that the permits authorized by the act are in
12	addition to certain other authorized temporary permits;
13	requiring the nonprofit civic organization to comply with
14	certain statutory requirements in obtaining the permits
15	authorized by the act; requiring the division to adopt
16	rules; providing an effective date.
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18	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20	Section 1.  (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of
21	law, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the
22	Department of Business and Professional Regulation may issue to
23	a bona fide nonprofit civic organization, upon application and
24	presentation of a valid street-closure permit issued by the City
25	of St. Petersburg, a temporary permit authorizing the sale of
26	alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises at outdoor
27	events on public right-of-way in the downtown area of St.
28	Petersburg. Any such nonprofit civic organization may be issued
29	up to 15 temporary permits per calendar year and each temporary
30	permit is valid for up to 3 days. For purposes of this act, the
31	downtown area of St. Petersburg is that area between 5th Avenues
32	North and South and between 16th Street and the waterfront.
33	(2)  The temporary permits authorized by this act are in
34	addition to the three temporary permits authorized per year for
35	a nonprofit civic organization pursuant to s. 561.422, Florida
36	Statutes.
37	(3)  The nonprofit civic organization shall comply with all
38	other requirements of s. 561.422, Florida Statutes, in obtaining
39	the temporary permits authorized by this act.
40	(4)  On or before October 1, 2007, the Division of
41	Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business
42	and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules pursuant to
43	chapter 120, Florida Statutes, to administer this act. Such
44	rules shall include permitting procedures and application forms.
45	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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