STORAGE NAME: h4053d.SAC
DATE: 3/24/2025
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FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
BILL ANALYSIS
This bill analysis was prepared by nonpartisan committee staff and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
BILL #: CS/HB 4053
TITLE: Duval County
SPONSOR(S): Duggan
COMPANION BILL: None
LINKED BILLS: None
RELATED BILLS: None
Committee References
Intergovernmental Affairs
16 Y, 0 N, As CS
Industries & Professional
Activities
14 Y, 0 N
State Affairs
SUMMARY
Effect of the Bill:
The bill provides an exception to the Beverage Law allowing the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to issue special alcoholic beverage licenses to event
centers that meet certain requirements in Jacksonville’s Urban Transition Area.
Fiscal or Economic Impact:
The bill may have an indeterminant positive fiscal impact on local revenues from increases in sales tax revenue,
licensing revenue, and ad valorem revenue.
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ANALYSIS
EFFECT OF THE BILL:
The bill provides an exception to the Beverage Law to allow the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
(division) within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to issue a special alcoholic beverage
license to event centers in the City of Jacksonville’s Urban Transition Area that meet certain requirements. The bill
defines an event center as a facility that hosts events with ticketed entrance and does not otherwise market itself
as a food service establishment. The bill further provides that a qualifying event center must have an occupancy of
1,100 to 1,400 people and derive no less than 51 percent of its annual gross income from the sale of event center
tickets, food, and nonalcoholic beverages. (Section 1)
The bill provides that the division may revoke or suspend any license issued pursuant to the bill for violations of
the Beverage Law. (Section 1)
The bill provides a metes and bounds property description of the Urban Transition Area. (Section 2)
The bill has an effective date of upon becoming a law. (Section 3)
FISCAL OR ECONOMIC IMPACT:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
The bill may have an indeterminant positive fiscal impact on local revenues from increases in sales tax revenue,
licensing revenue, and ad valorem revenue.
RELEVANT INFORMATION
SUBJECT OVERVIEW:
Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages JUMP TO SUMMARY ANALYSIS RELEVANT INFORMATION BILL HISTORY
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Florida’s Beverage Law
1 regulates the manufacture, distribution, and sale of beer, wine, and liquor.
2 The Division of
Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (division) within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation
(DBPR) administers and enforces the Beverage Law.
3 Under the Beverage Law, there is not a limit on the number of
licenses the division may issue to businesses selling malt beverages or wine.
However, the number of licenses for
selling distilled spirits is limited to one license per 7,500 residents within the county with a minimum of three
licenses per county that has approved the sale of intoxicating liquors.
4 These licenses are known as quota licenses
and are the only alcoholic beverage license type that is limited in number.
Special Licenses
There are several exceptions to the quota license limitation.
5 The division may issue a special license to businesses
that meet the requirements set out in one of the exceptions. The special license allows businesses to serve any
alcoholic beverages regardless of alcohol content. For example, a caterer may qualify for an exemption if it is
licensed by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants within DBPR under ch. 509, F.S., and derives at least 51 percent
of its gross food and beverage revenue from the sale of food and non-alcoholic beverages at each catered event.
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Current law also allows the division to issue special licenses to civic centers or sports arenas
7 and performing arts
centers.
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Urban Transition Area
The City of Jacksonville’s Urban Transition Area is the area bounded by I-95 and Dellwood Avenue on the north,
the St. Johns River on the east and south, and Margaret Street to the west.
9 Current law provides for 12 special
zones in the City of Jacksonville, within which the division may issue special alcoholic beverage licenses to certain
types of establishments meeting certain revenue requirements.
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Local Bill Forms
The Florida Constitution prohibits the passage of any special act unless a notice of intention to seek enactment of
the bill has been published as provided by general law or the act is conditioned to take effect only upon approval
by referendum vote of the electors in the area affected.
11 A legal advertisement of the proposed bill must be placed
in a newspaper of general circulation or published on a publicly accessible website
12 at least 30 days prior to the
introduction of the local bill in the House or Senate.
13 The bill was noticed in the Jacksonville Daily Record on
January 16, 2025.
The House local bill policy requires a completed and signed Local Bill Certification Form and Economic Impact
Statement Form be filed with the Clerk of the House at the time the local bill is filed or as soon thereafter as
possible.
14 Under the policy, a committee or subcommittee may not consider a local bill unless these forms have
been filed. The following forms have been submitted for the bill:
Local Bill Certification Form
Economic Impact Statement Form
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S. 561.01(6), F.S., provides that the “the Beverage Law” means chs. 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 567, and 568, F.S.
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S. 561.14, F.S.
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S. 561.02, F.S.
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S. 561.20(1), F.S.
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S. 561.20(2), F.S.
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S. 561.20(2)(a)5., F.S. See rule 61A-1.020, F.A.C.
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S. 561.20(2)(h), F.S., authorizes the division to issue a license for consumption on the premises to any civic center authority
or sports arena authority authorized by state law or by a local government ordinance or which is otherwise owned by a
political subdivision of Florida.
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S. 561.20(2)(j), F.S., authorizes the division to issue a license for consumption on the premises to a performing arts center for
consumption at an artistic, educational, cultural, promotional, civic, or charitable event authorized or offered by the center.
9
City of Jacksonville Ordinances, 656.399.19 Identification of Character Areas (last visited Feb. 27, 2025).
10
Ch. 87-471, Laws of Fla., as amended by chs. 2011-255, 2016-248, 2017-213, 2022-259, and 2023-342, Laws of Fla.
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Art. III, s. 10, Fla. Const.
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S. 50.0311(2), F.S.
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S. 11.02, F.S. If there is no newspaper circulated throughout or published in the county and no publicly accessible website
has been designated, notice must be posted for at least 30 days in at least three public places in the county, one of which must
be at the courthouse.
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Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, Local Bill Policies and Procedures Manual, p. 11 (last visited Feb. 28, 2025). JUMP TO SUMMARY ANALYSIS RELEVANT INFORMATION BILL HISTORY
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BILL HISTORY
COMMITTEE REFERENCE ACTION DATE
STAFF
DIRECTOR/
POLICY CHIEF
ANALYSIS
PREPARED BY
Intergovernmental Affairs
Subcommittee
16 Y, 0 N, As CS 3/12/2025 Darden Jones
THE CHANGES ADOPTED BY THE
COMMITTEE:
Adds a property description for the Urban Transition Area.
Industries & Professional Activities
Subcommittee
14 Y, 0 N 3/19/2025 Anstead Garcia
State Affairs Committee Williamson Jones
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THIS BILL ANALYSIS HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THE CHANGES DESCRIBED ABOVE.
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