Bill Text: FL H0259 | 2011 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Beverage Law

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 462 (Ch. [H0259 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0259-Comm_Sub.html
CS/HB 259

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to the Beverage Law; amending ss. 561.15
3and 561.17, F.S.; providing that a performing arts center
4that has an interest, directly or indirectly, in an
5alcoholic beverage license is not required to obtain from
6the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the
7Department of Business and Professional Regulation
8approval of its volunteer officers or directors or any
9change of such positions or interests; providing an
10effective date.
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12Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14     Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 561.15, Florida
15Statutes, is amended to read:
16     561.15  Licenses; qualifications required.-
17     (3)  The division may suspend or revoke the license under
18the Beverage Law of, or may refuse to issue a license under the
19Beverage Law to:
20     (a)  Any person, firm, or corporation the license of which
21under the Beverage Law has been revoked or has been abandoned
22after written notice that revocation or suspension proceedings
23had been or would be brought against the license;
24     (b)  Any corporation if an officer, director, or person
25interested directly or indirectly in the corporation has had her
26or his license under the Beverage Law revoked or has abandoned
27her or his license after written notice that revocation or
28suspension proceedings had been or would be brought against her
29or his license; or
30     (c)  Any person who is or has been an officer of a
31corporation, or who was interested directly or indirectly in a
32corporation, the license of which has been revoked or abandoned
33after written notice that revocation or suspension proceedings
34had been or would be brought against the license.
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36Any license issued to a person, firm, or corporation that would
37not qualify for the issuance of a new license or the transfer of
38an existing license may be revoked by the division. However, any
39company regularly traded on a national securities exchange and
40not over the counter; any insurer, as defined in the Florida
41Insurance Code; or any bank or savings and loan association
42chartered by this state, another state, or the United States
43which has an interest, directly or indirectly, in an alcoholic
44beverage license is shall not be required to obtain the
45division's division approval of its officers, directors, or
46stockholders or any change of such positions or interests. Any
47such company, insurer, bank, or savings and loan association
48which has a direct or indirect interest or which has an
49ownership interest in the business sought to be licensed, but
50which does not operate that business, may elect to place the
51license solely in the name of the operator. The operator's
52license application shall list the direct, indirect, or
53ownership interest and the names of the officers, directors,
54stockholders, or partners of such company, insurer, bank, or
55association. A shopping center with five or more stores, one or
56more of which has an alcoholic beverage license and is required
57under a lease common to all shopping center tenants to pay no
58more than 10 percent of the gross proceeds of the business
59holding the license to the shopping center, shall not be
60considered as having an interest, directly or indirectly, in the
61license. A performing arts center, as defined in s. 561.01, that
62has an interest, directly or indirectly, in an alcoholic
63beverage license is not required to obtain the division's
64approval of its volunteer officers or directors or any change of
65such positions or interests.
66     Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 561.17, Florida
67Statutes, is amended to read:
68     561.17  License and registration applications; approved
69person.-
70     (1)  Any person, before engaging in the business of
71manufacturing, bottling, distributing, selling, or in any way
72dealing in alcoholic beverages, shall file, with the district
73licensing personnel of the district of the division in which the
74place of business for which a license is sought is located, a
75sworn application in the format prescribed by the division. The
76applicant must be a legal or business entity, person, or persons
77and must include all persons, officers, shareholders, and
78directors of such legal or business entity that have a direct or
79indirect interest in the business seeking to be licensed under
80this part. However, the applicant does not include any person
81that derives revenue from the license solely through a
82contractual relationship with the licensee, the substance of
83which contractual relationship is not related to the control of
84the sale of alcoholic beverages. Before any application is
85approved, the division may require the applicant to file a set
86of fingerprints on regular United States Department of Justice
87forms for herself or himself and for any person or persons
88interested directly or indirectly with the applicant in the
89business for which the license is being sought, when required by
90the division. If the applicant or any person who is interested
91with the applicant either directly or indirectly in the business
92or who has a security interest in the license being sought or
93has a right to a percentage payment from the proceeds of the
94business, either by lease or otherwise, is not qualified, the
95division shall deny the application. However, any company
96regularly traded on a national securities exchange and not over
97the counter; any insurer, as defined in the Florida Insurance
98Code; or any bank or savings and loan association chartered by
99this state, another state, or the United States which has an
100interest, directly or indirectly, in an alcoholic beverage
101license is not required to obtain the division's approval of its
102officers, directors, or stockholders or any change of such
103positions or interests. A shopping center with five or more
104stores, one or more of which has an alcoholic beverage license
105and is required under a lease common to all shopping center
106tenants to pay no more than 10 percent of the gross proceeds of
107the business holding the license to the shopping center, is not
108considered as having an interest, directly or indirectly, in the
109license. A performing arts center, as defined in s. 561.01,  
110that has an interest, directly or indirectly, in an alcoholic
111beverage license is not required to obtain the division's
112approval of its volunteer officers or directors or any change of
113such positions or interests.
114     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.


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