Florida DBPR Issues Emergency Order To Reopen Bars Beginning Monday, September 14

 

For Immediate Release

September 10, 2020

 Contact: communications@myfloridalicense.com

(850) 922-8981
 

Florida DBPR Issues Emergency Order To Reopen Bars

Beginning Monday, September 14

DBPR Emergency Order 2020-10 Will Allow Alcohol Vendors to Operate Pursuant to

Phase 2 of Florida’s Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step Plan for Recovery

 

Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, at the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) Secretary Halsey Beshears issued Emergency Order 2020-10, which rescinds the DBPR Amended Emergency Order 2020-09 effective on Monday, September 14, 2020.  Under DBPR Emergency Order 2020-10, bars and other alcoholic beverage vendors may resume sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises on Monday, provided that their operations comply with the parameters of Phase 2 of the Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step Plan for Florida’s Recovery as established in Executive Order 20-139.  Beginning Monday, these vendors may operate at fifty percent of the facility’s indoor capacity, allow bar service to seated patrons, and permit outdoor seating and service with appropriate social distancing.

 

“In meetings with hundreds of owners of bars and breweries across the state, I’ve heard their stories of struggle, and I’ve observed their serious commitment to making health and safety a continuing priority in their businesses,” said DBPR Secretary Halsey Beshears. “It’s time that we take this step, and it’s vital that we start moving forward with this sector of our hospitality industry who have endured one of the toughest paths for sustaining a business during this pandemic.”

 

For more information, see the attached DBPR Emergency Order 2020-10 or visit www.myfloridalicense.com.

 

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The Department of Business and Professional Regulation licenses and regulates more than one million businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, including accountants, architects and interior designers, asbestos consultants, athlete agents, auctioneers, barbers, building code administrators and inspectors, community association managers, construction contractors, cosmetologists, electrical contractors, employee leasing companies, geologists, home inspectors, landscape architects, mold assessors and remediators, pilot commissioners, real estate appraisers and brokers, and veterinarians, as well as businesses dealing in alcoholic beverages, tobacco, food service, public lodging, pari-mutuel wagering, and condominiums, timeshares, and other cooperative residential arrangements.  The Department’s mission is to license efficiently and regulate fairly.  For more information, please visit www.myfloridalicense.com.

 

Follow @FloridaDBPR on Twitter or Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation on Facebook for important information and updates on matters relating to Florida’s business and professional licensing.
September 11, 2020 /  
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Releases Results of Annual Quota Alcoholic Beverage License Drawing

For Immediate Release

August 7, 2020

 Contact: communications@myfloridalicense.com

(850) 922-8981
 

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Releases Results of Annual Quota Alcoholic Beverage License Drawing

51 selected entrants from the 2019 entry period now have 45 days

to apply for the license in the county where selected

 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –Today, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco conducted the public drawing for quota alcoholic beverage licenses available from the 2019 entry period.  Results of the drawing are now published and accessible on the Division’s Quota Licenses and Drawings webpage.

 

Quota alcoholic beverage licenses authorize the holder of the license to sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits, either for package sales only or for consumption on the licensed premises, depending on the license series elected. The Florida Beverage Law limits the total number of quota alcoholic beverage licenses by county population estimates, authorizing the Division to issue no more than one license for every 7,500 residents within a county. Each year, the Division analyzes population data in Florida’s 67 counties, and based on the licenses available, opens the drawing process.

 

For the 2019 entry period, a total of 51 quota alcoholic beverage licenses were determined to be available for issuance across 27 counties, including: Bay, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Dade, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Leon, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole and Volusia.  23,728 entries were deemed qualified for entry in the drawing for the 2019 entry period.

 

Entrants selected from today’s drawing will be awarded the priority right to apply and qualify to hold one of the available licenses in the county from which their entry was selected.  The Florida Beverage Law requires that each selected entrant file an application to qualify to hold the license within 45 days from the date of the Division’s notice of selection.

 

The 2020 entry period for this annual drawing process will open on Monday, August 17, 2020. More information about the number and location of available licenses for the 2020 entry period will be published ahead of the opening date of the entry period.  Interested parties are encouraged to monitor information on the Division’s webpage related to Quota Licenses and Drawings.

 

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The Department of Business and Professional Regulation licenses and regulates more than one million businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, including accountants, architects and interior designers, asbestos consultants, athlete agents, auctioneers, barbers, building code administrators and inspectors, community association managers, construction contractors, cosmetologists, electrical contractors, employee leasing companies, geologists, home inspectors, landscape architects, mold assessors and remediators, pilot commissioners, real estate appraisers and brokers, and veterinarians, as well as businesses dealing in alcoholic beverages, tobacco, food service, public lodging, pari-mutuel wagering, and condominiums, timeshares, and other cooperative residential arrangements.  The Department’s mission is to license efficiently and regulate fairly.  For more information, please visit www.myfloridalicense.com.

 

Follow @FloridaDBPR on Twitter or Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation on Facebook for important information and updates on matters relating to Florida’s business and professional licensing.
August 19, 2020 /  
Florida DBPR Reports Emergency Suspension of Alcoholic Beverage Vendor License in Leon County

For Immediate Release

August 11, 2020

 Contact: communications@myfloridalicense.com

(850) 922-8981
 

Florida DBPR Reports Emergency Suspension of Alcoholic Beverage Vendor License in Leon County

 

Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) reported the emergency suspension of an alcoholic beverage vendor license related to:

 

Licensee Name:     Pockets Pool & Pub, Inc. d/b/a/ Pockets Pool & Pub

License Number:    BEV 4700216

License Type:         Series 4COP Quota Dual SSF

County:                   Leon

 

Upon the entry of the order of Secretary Halsey Beshears, on August 10, 2020, the license is suspended, until further administrative proceedings seeking formal discipline of the license may be instituted pursuant to chapter 120, Florida Statutes.

 

This emergency license action is based on a finding that immediate danger to public health, safety, or welfare requires suspension of the license to avoid future harm.  The attached agency order, as filed on August 10, 2020, provides additional information regarding the circumstances and findings prompting the emergency suspension of License Number BEV4700216.

 

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The Department of Business and Professional Regulation licenses and regulates more than one million businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, including accountants, architects and interior designers, asbestos consultants, athlete agents, auctioneers, barbers, building code administrators and inspectors, community association managers, construction contractors, cosmetologists, electrical contractors, employee leasing companies, geologists, home inspectors, landscape architects, mold assessors and remediators, pilot commissioners, real estate appraisers and brokers, and veterinarians, as well as businesses dealing in alcoholic beverages, tobacco, food service, public lodging, pari-mutuel wagering, and condominiums, timeshares, and other cooperative residential arrangements.  The Department’s mission is to license efficiently and regulate fairly.  For more information, please visit www.myfloridalicense.com.

 

Follow @FloridaDBPR on Twitter or Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation on Facebook for important information and updates on matters relating to Florida’s business and professional licensing.
August 18, 2020 /  
Florida DBPR Reports Emergency Suspension of Alcoholic Beverage Vendor License in Hillsborough County

For Immediate Release

August 11, 2020

 Contact: communications@myfloridalicense.com

(850) 922-8981
 

Florida DBPR Reports Emergency Suspension of Alcoholic Beverage Vendor License in Hillsborough County

 

Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) reported the emergency suspension of an alcoholic beverage vendor license related to:

 

Licensee Name:      Julie Anns Inc., d/b/a Pegasus Lounge & Package

License Number:     BEV 3900906

License Type:         Series 4COP Quota Dual SS

County:                   Hillsborough

 

Upon the entry of the order of Secretary Halsey Beshears, on August 10, 2020, the license is suspended, until further administrative proceedings seeking formal discipline of the license may be instituted pursuant to chapter 120, Florida Statutes.

 

This emergency license action is based on a finding that immediate danger to public health, safety, or welfare requires suspension of the license to avoid future harm.  The attached agency order, as filed on August 10, 2020, provides additional information regarding the circumstances and findings prompting the emergency suspension of License Number BEV 3900906.

 

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The Department of Business and Professional Regulation licenses and regulates more than one million businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, including accountants, architects and interior designers, asbestos consultants, athlete agents, auctioneers, barbers, building code administrators and inspectors, community association managers, construction contractors, cosmetologists, electrical contractors, employee leasing companies, geologists, home inspectors, landscape architects, mold assessors and remediators, pilot commissioners, real estate appraisers and brokers, and veterinarians, as well as businesses dealing in alcoholic beverages, tobacco, food service, public lodging, pari-mutuel wagering, and condominiums, timeshares, and other cooperative residential arrangements.  The Department’s mission is to license efficiently and regulate fairly.  For more information, please visit www.myfloridalicense.com.

 

Follow @FloridaDBPR on Twitter or Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation on Facebook for important information and updates on matters relating to Florida’s business and professional licensing.
August 18, 2020 /  
Florida DBPR Reports Emergency Suspension of Alcoholic Beverage Vendor License in Orange County
For Immediate Release

July 10, 2020

 Contact: communications@myfloridalicense.com

(850) 922-8981
 

Florida DBPR Reports Emergency Suspension of Alcoholic Beverage Vendor License in Orange County

 

Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) reported the emergency suspension of an alcoholic beverage vendor license related to:

 

Licensee Name:     5526 SOBT LLC. d/b/a Le Palace Otown
License Number:    BEV 5808608

License Type:         Series 4COP Dual Quota

County:                   Orange

 

Upon the entry of the order of Secretary Halsey Beshears, on July 10, 2020, the license is suspended, until further administrative proceedings seeking formal discipline of the license may be instituted pursuant to chapter 120, Florida Statutes.

 

This emergency license action is based on a finding that immediate danger to public health, safety, or welfare requires suspension of the license to avoid future harm.  The attached agency order, as filed on July 10, 2020, provides additional information regarding the circumstances and findings prompting the emergency suspension of License Number BEV 5808608.

 

For more information see the attached suspension order.

 

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The Department of Business and Professional Regulation licenses and regulates more than one million businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, including accountants, architects and interior designers, asbestos consultants, athlete agents, auctioneers, barbers, building code administrators and inspectors, community association managers, construction contractors, cosmetologists, electrical contractors, employee leasing companies, geologists, home inspectors, landscape architects, mold assessors and remediators, pilot commissioners, real estate appraisers and brokers, and veterinarians, as well as businesses dealing in alcoholic beverages, tobacco, food service, public lodging, pari-mutuel wagering, and condominiums, timeshares, and other cooperative residential arrangements.  The Department’s mission is to license efficiently and regulate fairly.  For more information, please visit www.myfloridalicense.com.

 

Follow @FloridaDBPR on Twitter or Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation on Facebook for important information and updates on matters relating to Florida’s business and professional licensing.
July 14, 2020 /