The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

Chapter 562
BEVERAGE LAW: ENFORCEMENT

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F.S. 562.46

562.46 Legal remedies not impaired.—It is the declared legislative intention that no provision or provisions of the Beverage Law shall in any manner limit, modify, or preclude any person from instituting legal proceedings in courts of competent jurisdiction for the adjudication of any rights that such person may have under the Federal and State Constitutions and under laws now existing, or laws which may be hereinafter enacted; further, an action involving a contractual dispute between a licensed distributor and its registered primary American source of supply, as defined in s. 564.045 or s. 565.095, may be filed in the courts of this state.

History.—s. 17, 16774, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(243); s. 2, ch. 72-230; s. 7, ch. 85-161.

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Amendments to 562.46

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 562.46

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 562.46.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

UNITED STATES, v. COUNTRY FLAVOR CORP., 844 F. Supp. 2d 1348 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2012)

. . . However, the civil penalty imposed here—$617,-562.46—is the statutory maximum permitted for acts of negligence . . .

FLORIDA BEVERAGE CORPORATION, v. DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION,, 503 So. 2d 396 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . legislative session in which the Brand Withdrawal Law was repealed, the legislature amended Section 562.46 . . .

EASTERN AIR LINES, INC. v. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AVIATION AUTHORITY,, 454 So. 2d 1076 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . It points out that section 562.46 of the Beverage Law states: Legal remedies not impaired. — It is the . . . The Authority submits that section 562.46 “dovetails” with section 120.73 of the Administrative Procedure . . .

UNITED STATES v. SARKOZY, 99 F. Supp. 736 (E.D. Mich. 1951)

. . . $30,059.17 on November 24, 1944, accompanied by a remittance advice to apply $29,496.71 on principal and $562.46 . . .