Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1134 Latest Draft

Bill / Comm Sub Version Filed 02/06/2024

 Florida Senate - 2024 CS for SB 1134  By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senators Trumbull and Bradley 580-02915-24 20241134c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to individual wine containers; 3 amending s. 564.05, F.S.; revising an exception to the 4 maximum allowable capacity for an individual container 5 of wine sold in this state; providing an effective 6 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 of size of individual wine containers; 13 penalty.It is unlawful for a person to sell within this state 14 wine in an individual container holding more than 1 gallon of 15 such wine, unless such wine is in a reusable container holding 16 5.16 gallons, or unless it is in a glass container holding 4.5 17 liters, 9 liters, 12 liters, or 15 liters of such wine. However, 18 qualified distributors and manufacturers may sell wine to other 19 qualified distributors or manufacturers in any size container. 20 Except as provided in s. 564.09, wine sold or offered for sale 21 by a licensed vendor to be consumed off the premises shall be in 22 the unopened original container. A person convicted of a 23 violation of this section commits a misdemeanor of the second 24 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 25 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.