Florida Alcoholic Beverages And Tobacco Code Section 561.495 - Beverage Law: Administration - Legislative findings; cost of regulating imported beverages.

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Title XXXIV   ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

Chapter 561   BEVERAGE LAW: ADMINISTRATION

561.495  Legislative findings; cost of regulating imported beverages.--Effective July 1, 1988, the Legislature finds and determines that the authorized transportation and importation into the state of alcoholic beverages described in chapters 564 and 565 require strict enforcement of state statutes regulating and administering the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages; the costs of regulating and administering such imported alcoholic beverages are greater than for those alcoholic beverages not imported; the production of lower quality alcoholic beverages should be discouraged; and in order to protect the health, safety, welfare, and economic integrity of the state, the costs of ensuring compliance with relevant state laws should be included in the taxes imposed upon said alcoholic beverages.

History.--s. 9, ch. 88-308.

Last modified: November 21, 2006