Florida 2024 2024 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1134 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/02/2024

 Florida Senate - 2024 SB 1134  By Senator Trumbull 2-01061A-24 20241134__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to individual wine containers; 3 amending s. 564.05, F.S.; revising the limitation on 4 the size of individual wine containers to glass 5 containers only; providing applicability; providing an 6 effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1.Section 564.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to 11 read: 12 564.05Limitation on of size of individual glass wine 13 containers; penalty. 14 (1)It is unlawful for a person to sell within this state 15 wine in an individual glass container holding more than 1 gallon 16 of such wine, unless such wine is in a reusable glass container 17 holding 5.16 gallons. However, qualified distributors and 18 manufacturers may sell wine to other qualified distributors or 19 manufacturers in any size glass container. Except as provided in 20 s. 564.09, wine sold or offered for sale by a licensed vendor to 21 be consumed off the premises must shall be in the unopened 22 original glass container. A person convicted of a violation of 23 this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, 24 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 25 (2)This section does not apply to containers made from 26 other materials that are not glass. 27 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.