Title: Fees/Tobacco Products Dealer Permits

Summary: Requiring all applications for retail tobacco products dealer permits to be accompanied by an annual permit fee, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to fees; amending s. 569.003, F.S.; requiring all applications for retail tobacco products dealer permits to be accompanied by an annual permit fee; providing a contingent effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of section 569.003, Florida Statutes, as amended by SB or similar legislation, 2020 Regular Session, are amended to read: 569.003 Retail tobacco products dealer permits; application; qualifications; fees; renewal; duplicates.  (1) (b) Application for a permit must be made on a form furnished by the division and must set forth the name under which the applicant transacts or intends to transact business, the address of the location of the applicant s place of business within the state, and any other information the division requires. If the applicant has or intends to have more than one place of business dealing in tobacco products within this state, a separate application must be made for each place of business. If the applicant is a firm or an association, the application must set forth the names and addresses of the persons constituting the firm or association; if the applicant is a corporation, the application must set forth the names and addresses of the principal officers of the corporation. The application must also set forth any other information prescribed by the division for the purpose of identifying the applicant firm, association, or corporation. The application must be signed and verified by oath or affirmation by the owner, if a sole proprietor, or, if the owner is a firm, association, or partnership, by the members or partners thereof, or, if the owner is a corporation, by an executive officer of the corporation or by any person authorized by the corporation to sign the application, together with the written evidence of this authority. The application for a permit to deal, at retail, in tobacco products described in s. 569.002(7)(a) must be accompanied by the annual permit fee prescribed by the division. (c) Permits shall be issued annually. The division shall fix the fee for a permit to deal, at retail, in tobacco products described in s. 569.002(7)(a), in an amount sufficient to meet the costs incurred by it in carrying out its permitting, enforcement, and administrative responsibilities under this chapter, but the fee may not exceed $50. The proceeds of the fee shall be deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund. Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that SB or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law.