Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 296
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  01/25/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Steube) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 48 - 64
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 4. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) and
    6  paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 565.03, Florida
    7  Statutes, are amended to read:
    8         565.03 License fees; manufacturers, distributors, brokers,
    9  sales agents, and importers of alcoholic beverages; vendor
   10  licenses and fees; distilleries and craft distilleries.—
   11         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   12         (a) “Branded product” means any distilled spirits product
   13  manufactured on site, or manufactured on site and blended on
   14  site with other distilled spirits, which requires a federal
   15  certificate and label approval by the Federal Alcohol
   16  Administration Act or federal regulations.
   17         (b) “Craft distillery” means a licensed distillery that
   18  produces 250,000 75,000 or fewer gallons per calendar year of
   19  distilled spirits on its premises and is designated as a craft
   20  distillery by has notified the division upon written
   21  notification from the distillery in writing of its decision to
   22  qualify as a craft distillery.
   23         (2)
   24         (c) A craft distillery licensed under this section may sell
   25  to consumers, at its souvenir gift shop, up to 75,000 gallons
   26  per calendar year of branded products distilled on its premises
   27  in this state in factory-sealed containers that are filled at
   28  
   29  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete line 10
   32  and insert:
   33         F.S.; redefining the terms “branded product” and
   34         “craft distillery”;