Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 106
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RS .
02/09/2017 .
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The Committee on Rules (Galvano) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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3 Between lines 71 and 72
4 insert:
5 (2)(a) A vendor licensed under s. 565.02(1)(a) may not in
6 such place of business sell, offer, or expose for sale any
7 merchandise other than such beverages, and such place of
8 business shall be devoted exclusively to such sales; however,
9 such vendor may sell bitters, grenadine, nonalcoholic mixer-type
10 beverages (not to include fruit juices produced outside this
11 state), fruit juices produced in this state, home bar, and party
12 supplies and equipment (including but not limited to glassware
13 and party-type foods), miniatures of no alcoholic content, and
14 tobacco products. Such places of business may not have openings
15 permitting direct access to any other building or room, except
16 to a private office or storage room of the place of business
17 from which patrons are excluded.
18 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a vendor:
19 1. At the vendor’s place of business if the vendor has only
20 one place of business.
21 2. At 25 percent of the vendor’s places of business if the
22 vendor has an interest, directly or indirectly, in more than one
23 place of business;
24 3. After July 1, 2018, at two of the vendor’s places of
25 business, or, if the vendor has an interest, directly or
26 indirectly, in two or more places of business, 50 percent of the
27 vendor’s places of business; and
28 4. After July 1, 2019, at three of the vendor’s places of
29 business, or, if the vendor has an interest in three or more
30 places of business, 75 percent of the vendor’s places of
31 business.
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33 If the percentage of the vendor’s places of business results in
34 a fraction of 0.50 or more, the number of the vendor’s places of
35 business at which paragraph (a) does not apply shall be
36 increased to the next greater whole number. A vendor licensed
37 under s. 565.02(1)(a) must notify the division, in writing, of
38 the places of business to which paragraph (a) will not apply.
39 (c) This subsection expires June 30, 2020.
40 (3)(a) A vendor licensed under s. 565.02(1)(a) may not in
41 said place of business sell, offer, or expose for sale distilled
42 spirits in containers of less than 750 milliliters or less than
43 25.36 ounces except from a restricted area where access is
44 restricted to the vendor or employees of such vendor.
45 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a vendor’s place of
46 business if such place of business is devoted exclusively to the
47 sale of alcoholic beverages; however, such place of business
48 vendors may sell bitters, grenadine, nonalcoholic mixer-type
49 beverages (not to include fruit juices produced outside this
50 state), fruit juices produced in this state, home bar, and party
51 supplies and equipment (including but not limited to glassware
52 and party-type foods), miniatures of no alcoholic content, and
53 tobacco products. Such places of business may not have openings
54 permitting direct access to any other building or room, except
55 to a private office or storage room of the place of business
56 from which patrons are excluded.
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59 And the directory clause is amended as follows:
60 Delete line 48
61 and insert:
62 Statutes, is amended, present subsection (2) of that section is
63 redesignated as subsection (4), a new subsection (2) and
64 subsection (3) are added to that section, to read:
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67 And the title is amended as follows:
68 Delete line 14
69 and insert:
70 current licenses with some restrictions; providing
71 applicability; providing for the expiration of this
72 section; providing a restriction on the sale of
73 distilled spirits below the specified container sizes;
74 providing an exception; providing an