NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Department of Business and Professional Regulations, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco has received the petition for declaratory statement from Glenn SchaefferThe petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Section 561.42, Florida Statutes as it applies to the petitioner.
Petitioner is a non-licensed individual who is a manager and membership unit holder of a limited liability company that holds an interest in and is an indirect partial owner of a Florida licensed vendor. Additionally, Petitioner holds an interest in a domestic out of state limited liability company, which holds an interest in a domestic out of state limited partnership, which limited partnership holds an indirect non-voting interest in a foreign entity which owns and operates a non-licensed foreign winery. Petitioner wants to know if Section 561.42, Florida Statutes, prohibits petitioner’s financial interests as articulated.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Cecelia D. Jefferson, Chief Attorney, Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Department of Business and Professional Regulations, 1940 North Monroe Street, Suite 40, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202.
Please refer all comments to: Cecelia D. Jefferson, Chief Attorney, Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Department of Business and Professional Regulations, 1940 North Monroe Street, Suite 40, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202.