Florida Statutes 210.40 – License fees; surety bond; application for each place of business
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 210.40
- Business: means any trade, occupation, activity, or enterprise engaged in for the purpose of selling or distributing tobacco products in this state. See Florida Statutes 210.25
- Distributor: means :(a) Any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco products in this state who brings, or causes to be brought, into this state from outside the state any tobacco products for sale;(b) Any person who makes, manufactures, or fabricates tobacco products in this state for sale in this state; or(c) Any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco outside this state who ships or transports tobacco products to retailers in this state to be sold by those retailers. See Florida Statutes 210.25
- Division: means the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. See Florida Statutes 210.25
- Place of business: means any place where tobacco products are sold, manufactured, stored or kept for the purpose of sale or consumption, including any vessel, vehicle, airplane, train, or vending machine. See Florida Statutes 210.25
Each application for a distributor‘s license shall be accompanied by a fee of $25. The application shall also be accompanied by a corporate surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, conditioned for the payment when due of all taxes, penalties, and accrued interest which may be due the state. The bond shall be in the sum of $1,000 and in a form prescribed by the division. Whenever it is the opinion of the division that the bond given by a licensee is inadequate in amount to fully protect the state, the division shall require an additional bond in such amount as is deemed sufficient. A separate application for a license shall be made for each place of business at which a distributor proposes to engage in business as a distributor under this part, but an applicant may provide one bond in an amount determined by the division for all applications made by the distributor.