Title: Alcohol Purchases by Veterans' Service Organizations

Summary: Revising limitations on purchases of alcoholic beverages by vendors from vendors to exclude purchases by certain veterans' service organizations, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to alcohol purchases by veterans  service organizations; amending s. 561.14, F.S.; revising limitations on purchases of alcoholic beverages by vendors from vendors to exclude purchases by certain veterans  service organizations; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 561.14, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 561.14 License and registration classification. Licenses and registrations referred to in the Beverage Law shall be classified as follows: (3) Vendors licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail only. No vendor shall purchase or acquire in any manner for the purpose of resale any alcoholic beverages from any person not licensed as a vendor, manufacturer, bottler, or distributor under the Beverage Law. Purchases of alcoholic beverages by vendors from vendors shall be strictly limited to purchases between members of a pool buying group for which the initial purchase of the alcoholic beverages was ordered by a pool buying agent as a single transaction,or purchases by a division, department, post, or chapter of a veterans  service organization granted a federal charter under Title 36, United States Code.No vendor shall be a member of more than one cooperative or pool buying group at any time. No vendor shall import, or engage in the importation of, any alcoholic beverages from places beyond the limits of the state. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.