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Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO
Chapter 561
BEVERAGE LAW: ADMINISTRATION
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CHAPTER 561
TITLE XXXIV

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

CHAPTER 561
BEVERAGE LAW: ADMINISTRATION
561.01
Definitions.
561.02
Creation and duties of Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco.
561.025
Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund.
561.027
Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.
561.051
Reporting requirements of director.
561.08
Enforcement of Beverage Law; division to prescribe forms.
561.11
Power and authority of division.
561.1105
Inspection of licensed premises; coin-operated amusement machines.
561.111
Payment of taxes by electronic funds transfer.
561.121
Deposit of revenue.
561.1211
Credit for contributions to eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations.
561.1212
Credit for contributions to the New Worlds Reading Initiative.
561.1213
Credit for contributions to eligible charitable organizations.
561.1214
Child care tax credits.
561.14
License and registration classification.
561.15
Licenses; qualifications required.
561.17
License and registration applications; approved person.
561.18
License investigation.
561.181
Temporary initial licenses.
561.19
License issuance upon approval of division.
561.20
Limitation upon number of licenses issued.
561.22
Licensing manufacturers, distributors, and registered exporters as vendors prohibited.
561.221
Licensing of manufacturers and distributors as vendors and of vendors as manufacturers; conditions and limitations.
561.23
License display.
561.24
Licensing manufacturers as distributors or registered exporters prohibited; procedure for issuance and renewal of distributors’ licenses and exporters’ registrations.
561.25
Officers and employees prohibited from being employed by or engaging in beverage business; penalties; exceptions.
561.26
Term of license.
561.27
Renewal of license.
561.29
Revocation and suspension of license; power to subpoena.
561.32
Transfer of licenses; change of officers or directors; transfer of interest.
561.33
Licensee moving to new location; changing name of business.
561.331
Temporary license upon application for transfer, change of location, or change of type or series.
561.342
County and municipal license tax.
561.351
Manufacturers, brokers, sales agents, importers, and passenger common carriers; term of license.
561.37
Bond for payment of taxes.
561.371
Bond for payment of taxes by spirituous liquor distributors.
561.38
Issuance of license prohibited until bond approved; cancellation or expiration of bond.
561.41
Maintenance and designation of principal office by manufacturers, distributors, importers, and exporters.
561.411
Qualifications for distributors.
561.42
Tied house evil; financial aid and assistance to vendor by manufacturer, distributor, importer, primary American source of supply, brand owner or registrant, or any broker, sales agent, or sales person thereof, prohibited; procedure for enforcement; exception.
561.4205
Keg deposits; limited alternative inventory and reconciliation process.
561.421
Temporary convention permits.
561.422
Nonprofit civic organizations, charitable organizations, municipalities, and counties; temporary permits.
561.423
Beer and malt beverages; in-store servicing authorized.
561.424
Vinous beverages; in-store servicing authorized.
561.425
Distilled spirits; in-store servicing authorized.
561.43
Dry counties; manufacturers’ or distributors’ licenses; exporters’ registrations; exemptions.
561.49
No tax on out-of-state sales.
561.495
Legislative findings; cost of regulating imported beverages.
561.50
One state tax payment; reports.
561.5101
Come-to-rest requirement; exceptions; penalties.
561.54
Certain deliveries of beverages prohibited.
561.545
Certain shipments of beverages prohibited; penalties; exceptions.
561.55
Manufacturers’, distributors’, brokers’, sales agents’, importers’, vendors’, and exporters’ records and reports.
561.56
Transportation of beverages by manufacturers, distributors, and exporters.
561.57
Deliveries by licensees.
561.58
Issuance of license for a prior license revoked.
561.65
Mortgagee’s interest in license.
561.66
Legislative intent.
561.665
Division to restrict licensees from permitting certain activities.
561.67
Reclamation by distributor of beverages not paid for by licensed vendors.
561.68
Licensure; distributor’s salespersons.
561.695
Stand-alone bar enforcement; qualification; penalties.
561.701
Short title.
561.702
Legislative intent.
561.703
Definitions relating to Florida Responsible Vendor Act.
561.705
Responsible vendor qualification.
561.706
Exemption from license suspension or revocation; mitigation for certain beverage law violations; records of arrests.