NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Department of Business and Professional Regulation has received the petition for declaratory statement from Republic National Distributing Company and Johnson Brothers Liquor Company.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Chapters 561 through 565, F.S., as it applies to the petitioner.
Whether Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) and Johnson Brothers Liquor Company (JBL), two separately licensed distributors of alcoholic beverages in the state of Florida, can, in accordance with Chapters 561 through 565, Florida Statutes, and the implementing rules set forth in Chapter 61A, Florida Administrative Code, share licensed warehousing facilities owned by RNDC in Tampa, Florida, in which inventory would be commingled. The proposed business plan highlights that Petitioners do not distribute any of the same brands of alcoholic beverages in Florida, and that an automated electronic warehouse management system, owned by RNDC and designed by Manhattan Associates, would be used to facilitate inventory audits.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2217.
Please refer all comments to: Michael Ross, Chief Attorney, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202.