Florida Statutes Title XXXIV Chapter 563 - Beer

• 563.01 - Definition.
  The terms “beer” and “malt beverage” mean all brewed beverages containing malt.History.—s. 3, ch. 72-230.Note.—Former s. 561.01(3).
• 563.02 - License Fees; Vendors; Manufacturers And Distributors.
  (1) Each vendor of malt beverages containing alcohol of 0.5 percent or more by volume shall pay an annual state license tax as follows:(a) Vendors operating places...
• 563.021 - Malt Beverages; Exclusive Sales Territories.
  (1) No distributor shall sell or deliver any brand or brands of malt beverages in this state to any retail vendor whose place of business is...
• 563.022 - Relations Between Beer Distributors And Manufacturers.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—(a) Regulation of business relations between beer distributors and manufacturers is necessary and appropriate in the public interest.(b) This section is enacted pursuant to...
• 563.025 - Surtax On License Fees.
  Each vendor of malt beverages containing alcohol of 0.5 percent or more by volume shall pay an annual surtax in an amount equal to 40...
• 563.03 - Regulation Concerning Draft Beer.
  Each and every tap or spigot through which draft beer is served shall, on the handle of such tap or spigot in plain view of...
• 563.045 - Brands Or Labels To Be Registered; Qualification To Do Business; Fee; Revocation.
  (1) No manufacturer, brewer, bottler, distributor, or importer of malt beverages, whether licensed under the beverage laws of this state or not, shall sell or offer...
• 563.05 - Excise Taxes On Malt Beverages.
  As to malt beverages containing 0.5 percent or more of alcohol by volume, there shall be paid by all manufacturers, distributors, and vendors, as herein...
• 563.06 - Malt Beverages; Imprint On Individual Container; Size Of Containers; Exemptions.
  (1) All taxable malt beverages packaged in individual containers possessed by any person in the state for the purpose of sale or resale in the state,...
• 563.065 - Price Differentials.
  Nothing in the Beverage Law shall prohibit licensed distributors of malt beverages from charging different malt beverage prices according to county, according to the branch...
• 563.07 - Beer Distributors’ Collection Credit.
  For the purpose of allowing credit to licensed distributors of malt beverages or beer for keeping prescribed records, furnishing bond, and properly accounting for and...
• 563.08 - Cash Deposit On Beer Sales.
  All licensed manufacturers, when distributing under a manufacturer’s license, wholesalers and distributors of domestic malt or brewed beverages, as defined in the Beverage Law, shall...
• 563.09 - Malt Beverage Tastings By Distributors And Manufacturers.
  (1) A manufacturer, distributor, or importer of malt beverages, or any contracted third-party agent thereof, may conduct sampling activities that include the tasting of malt beverage...

Last modified: September 23, 2016