Bill Text: FL S0462 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Alcoholic Beverages
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Regulated Industries [S0462 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0462-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SB 462 By Senator Hutson 6-00595-16 2016462__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending s. 3 565.03, F.S.; removing certain restrictions on the 4 sale of individual containers of distilled spirits to 5 consumers in face-to-face transactions; providing an 6 effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 11 565.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 565.03 License fees; manufacturers, distributors, brokers, 13 sales agents, and importers of alcoholic beverages; vendor 14 licenses and fees; craft distilleries.— 15 (2) 16 (c) A craft distillery licensed under this section may sell 17 to consumers, at its souvenir gift shop, branded products 18 distilled on its premises in this state in factory-sealed 19 containers that are filled at the distillery for off-premises 20 consumption. Such sales are authorized only on private property 21 contiguous to the licensed distillery premises in this state and 22 included on the sketch or diagram defining the licensed premises 23 submitted with the distillery’s license application. All sketch 24 or diagram revisions by the distillery shall require the 25 division’s approval verifying that the souvenir gift shop 26 location operated by the licensed distillery is owned or leased 27 by the distillery and on property contiguous to the distillery’s 28 production building in this state. 291. A craft distillery may not sell any factory-sealed30individual containers of spirits except in face-to-face sales31transactions with consumers who are making a purchase of no more32than:33a. Two individual containers of each branded product;34b. Three individual containers of a single branded product35and up to one individual container of a second branded product;36or37c. Four individual containers of a single branded product.38 1.2.Each container sold in face-to-face transactions with 39 consumers must comply with the container limits in s. 565.10,40per calendar yearfor the consumer’s personal use and not for 41 resale and who are present at the distillery’s licensed premises 42 in this state. 43 2.3.A craft distillery must report to the division within 44 5 days after it reaches the production limitations provided in 45 paragraph (1)(b). Any retail sales to consumers at the craft 46 distillery’s licensed premises are prohibited beginning the day 47 after it reaches the production limitation. 48 3.4.A craft distillery may not ship or arrange to ship any 49 of its distilled spirits to consumers and may sell and deliver 50 only to consumers within the state in a face-to-face transaction 51 at the distillery property. However, a craft distiller licensed 52 under this section may ship, arrange to ship, or deliver such 53 spirits to manufacturers of distilled spirits, wholesale 54 distributors of distilled spirits, state or federal bonded 55 warehouses, and exporters. 56 4.5.Except as provided in subparagraph 5.6., it is 57 unlawful to transfer a distillery license for a distillery that 58 produces 75,000 or fewer gallons per calendar year of distilled 59 spirits on its premises or any ownership interest in such 60 license to an individual or entity that has a direct or indirect 61 ownership interest in any distillery licensed in this state; 62 another state, territory, or country; or by the United States 63 government to manufacture, blend, or rectify distilled spirits 64 for beverage purposes. 65 5.6.A craft distillery shall not have its ownership 66 affiliated with another distillery, unless such distillery 67 produces 75,000 or fewer gallons per calendar year of distilled 68 spirits on each of its premises in this state or in another 69 state, territory, or country. 70 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.