Bill Text: FL S0986 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: DBPR/Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [S0986 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-S0986-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 986
       
       
       
       By Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       
       21-01468-11                                            2011986__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Division of Alcoholic Beverages
    3         and Tobacco of the Department of Business and
    4         Professional Regulation; amending s. 561.422, F.S.;
    5         revising provisions relating to issuance by the
    6         division of temporary permits to nonprofit civic
    7         organizations to sell alcoholic beverages; permitting
    8         the issuance of permits to any nonprofit organization;
    9         allowing the sale to include beverages for consumption
   10         on or off the premises; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 561.422, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   15  read:
   16         561.422 Nonprofit civic organizations; temporary permits.
   17  Upon the filing of an application, presentation of a local
   18  building and zoning permit, and payment of a fee of $25 per
   19  permit, the director of the division may issue a permit
   20  authorizing a bona fide nonprofit civic organization to sell
   21  alcoholic beverages for consumption on or off the premises only,
   22  for a period not to exceed 3 days, subject to any state law or
   23  municipal or county ordinance regulating the time for selling
   24  such beverages. All net profits from sales of alcoholic
   25  beverages collected during the permit period must be retained by
   26  the nonprofit civic organization. Any such civic organization
   27  may be issued only three such permits per calendar year.
   28  Notwithstanding other provisions of the Beverage Law, any civic
   29  organization licensed under this section may purchase alcoholic
   30  beverages from a distributor or vendor licensed under the
   31  Beverage Law.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.