Bill Amendment: FL S0698 | 2016 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
Status: 2016-04-06 - Chapter No. 2016-190, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7099 (Ch. 2016-220) [S0698 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0698-Senate_Committee_Amendment_166462.html
Bill Title: Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
Status: 2016-04-06 - Chapter No. 2016-190, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7099 (Ch. 2016-220) [S0698 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0698-Senate_Committee_Amendment_166462.html
Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 698 Ì166462.Î166462 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Bradley) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 243 - 292 4 and insert: 5 Section 7. Subsections (2) and (9) of section 565.02, 6 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 7 565.02 License fees; vendors; clubs; caterers; and others.— 8 (2)(a) Any operator of railroad transit stations, 9 railroads, or sleeping cars in this state may obtain a license 10 to sell the beverages mentioned in the Beverage Lawon passenger11trainsupon the payment of an annual license tax of $2,500, the12tax to be paidto the division. TheSuchlicense is good 13 throughout the state and authorizesshall authorizethe licensee 14holder thereofto keep for sale and to sell all beverages 15 mentioned in the Beverage Law onuponany dining, club, parlor, 16 buffet, or observation car or within the property of a railroad 17 transit station operated by the licensee.it in this state, but18 Such beverages may be sold only to passengers on suchupon the19 cars or within the property of the railroad transit station and 20 must be served for consumption thereon. Licenses issued pursuant 21 to this paragraph for railroad transit stations may not be 22 transferred to locations beyond the premises of the railroad 23 transit station. A municipality or county may not require an 24 additional license or levy a tax for the privilege of selling 25 such beverages. 26 (b) Except for alcoholic beverages sold within the property 27 of a railroad transit station, it is unlawful for such licensees 28 to purchase or sell any liquor except in miniature bottles of 29 not more than 2 ounces.Every such license shall be good30throughout the state. No license shall be required, or tax31levied by any municipality or county, for the privilege of32selling such beverages for consumption in such cars.Such 33 beverages mayshallbe sold only on cars in whichare posted34 certified copies of the licenses issued to thesuchoperator are 35 posted.SuchCertified copies of such licenses shall be issued 36 by the division upon the payment of a tax of $10. 37 (c) A limitation of the number of licenses issued pursuant 38 to this section does not prohibit the issuance of a license 39 authorized by the Beverage Law or a special license issued 40 pursuant to s. 561.20 to operators of restaurants, shops, or 41 other facilities that are part of, or that serve, railroad 42 transit stations. The alcoholic beverages sold by a licensed 43 44 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 45 And the title is amended as follows: 46 Delete lines 30 - 44 47 and insert: 48 565.02, F.S.; authorizing operators of railroad 49 transit stations to obtain licenses to sell alcoholic 50 beverages; revising the locations where certain 51 beverages may be sold; prohibiting the transfer of 52 specified licenses to certain locations; prohibiting a 53 municipality or county from requiring an additional 54 license or levying a tax to sell certain beverages; 55 exempting railroad transit stations from liquor bottle 56 size restrictions; authorizing alcoholic beverages