Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1106
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       39-01126A-21                                          20211106__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the sale of frozen or mixed
    3         alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption;
    4         amending s. 565.045, F.S.; authorizing certain vendors
    5         to sell frozen alcoholic beverages or mixed alcoholic
    6         beverages for off-premises consumption under certain
    7         circumstances; providing definitions; providing an
    8         effective date.
    9  
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 565.045, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is added to that
   14  section, to read:
   15         565.045 Regulations for consumption on or off premises;
   16  penalty; exemptions.—
   17         (1) Vendors licensed under s. 565.02(1)(b)-(f) shall
   18  provide seats for the use of their customers. Such vendors may
   19  sell alcoholic beverages, including frozen alcoholic beverages
   20  or mixed alcoholic beverages, by the drink or in sealed
   21  containers for consumption on or off the premises where sold.
   22  Frozen alcoholic beverages or mixed alcoholic beverages shall be
   23  considered sealed when packaging is applied on the licensed
   24  premises in such a manner as to prevent immediate consumption.
   25         (4) As used in this section, the term:
   26         (a) “Frozen alcoholic beverage” means an iced, flavored
   27  alcoholic beverage made with a blender or dispensed from a
   28  frozen drink machine.
   29         (b) “Immediate consumption” means the consumption of a
   30  frozen or mixed alcoholic beverage without requiring any
   31  intervening action such as the opening, removal, or perforation
   32  of the container.
   33         (c) “Mixed alcoholic beverage” means a beverage made with
   34  one or more types of liquor combined with one or more other
   35  ingredients, which is usually shaken or stirred.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.