Beverage Licenses, New Quota Issue

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco

NOTICE OF 2018 QUOTA BEVERAGE LICENSE DRAWING ENTRY PERIOD

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61A-5.0105Beverage Licenses, New Quota Issue

Pursuant to Rule 61A-5.0105, Florida Administrative Code, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco will accept Quota Beverage License Drawing Entry Forms for a period of 45 days, beginning August 20, 2018.  The Quota Beverage License Drawing Entry Form, FORM DBPR ABT 6033, will be accepted from August 20, 2018, until 5:00 p.m., on October 3, 2018.  For the 2018 entry period, interested entrants may file a maximum of one entry form per county for the following counties where quota alcoholic beverage licenses will be available in the next license drawing (parentheticals reference the number of licenses available in each county): Alachua (1), Brevard (1), Broward (3), Calhoun (1), Citrus (1), Clay (1), Collier (1), Dade (8), Duval (3), Escambia (1), Hernando (1), Hillsborough (5), Lake (2), Lee (3), Levy (1), Manatee (2), Marion (1), Martin (1), Okaloosa (1), Orange (4), Osceola (2), Palm Beach (3), Pasco (1), Polk (4), St. Johns (2), Sarasota (1), Seminole (1), Sumter (1), Union (1) and Volusia (1). Entry forms must be received by the Division prior to the entry deadline at 5:00 p.m. on October 3, 2018.  The deadline for the entry period is strictly applied to all entry forms.

The FORM DBPR ABT 6033 - Quota Beverage License Drawing Entry Form will be available on August 20, 2018, upon opening of the entry period.  Interested entrants may enter online by visiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s website: http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/online-services, or obtain the entry form through any district office of the Division or by visiting the Division’s website: http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/alcoholic-beverages-and-tobacco.  Each filing of the FORM DBPR ABT 6033 must be accompanied by the entry fee of $100 per entry.  Payments of the entry fee will be accepted by check or money order, payable to the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, for entries by mail, or by credit card for online entries.  Interested entrants may mail or hand deliver the completed entry form, accompanied by the required entry fee, to: Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Attn: Quota Beverage License Drawing, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1019.

For additional information regarding the 2018 quota beverage license drawing entry period, contact the Division by phone at [phone] or in writing at Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Attn: Quota Beverage License Drawing, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1019.