Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0583 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 03/05/2024

                                    
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CS/HB 583  	2024 Legislature 
 
 
 
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P	R E S E N T A T I V E	S 
 
 
 
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An act relating to individual wine containers; 2 
amending s. 564.05, F.S.; revising an exception to the 3 
maximum allowable capacity for an individual container 4 
of wine sold in this state; providing an effective 5 
date. 6 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 
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 Section 1.  Section 564.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to 10 
read: 11 
 564.05  Limitation of size of individual wine containers; 12 
penalty.—It is unlawful for a person to sell within this state 13 
wine in an individual container holding more than 1 gallon of 14 
such wine, unless such wine is in a reusable container holding 15 
5.16 gallons or a glass container holding 4.5 liters, 6 liters, 16 
9 liters, 12 liters, or 15 liters . However, qualified 17 
distributors and manufacturers may sell wine to other qualified 18 
distributors or manufacturers in any size container. Except as 19 
provided in s. 564.09, wine sold or offered for sale by a 20 
licensed vendor to be consum ed off the premises shall be in the 21 
unopened original container. A person convicted of a violation 22 
of this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, 23 
punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 24 
 Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 25