Bill Text: FL S0658 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Registration Fees for Malt Beverage Brands and Labels

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-01 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 1459 (Ch. 2023-294) [S0658 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S0658-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 658
       
       
        
       By Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       
       23-00197B-23                                           2023658__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to registration fees for malt beverage
    3         brands and labels; amending s. 563.045, F.S.;
    4         providing that the annual registration fee is required
    5         only if labels or brands are sold to a distributor;
    6         specifying that no other registration fee is
    7         authorized; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 563.045, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         563.045 Brands or labels to be registered; qualification to
   14  do business; fee; revocation.—
   15         (2) The each registrant shall pay an annual registration
   16  fee for a brand or label sold to a distributor is of $30 for a
   17  brand or label. No other annual registration fee for a brand or
   18  label is authorized under this section. Any registration may be
   19  suspended or revoked in the same manner as a beverage license
   20  for any violation of the Beverage Law.
   21         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.