Notice of Declaratory Statement

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Department of Business and Professional Regulation has received the petition for declaratory statement from Regency Centers, L.P., Docket Number DS 2011-020. The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Section 561.17(1), Florida Statutes, as it applies to the petitioner.
Whether Florida’s Beverage Law requires Regency Centers, L.P., – a bona fide developer, owner and operator of grocery-anchored shopping centers, which, for the purpose of this declaratory statement, contain five or more tenant stores under similar, but not identical, leases – to be disclosed as a party of interest on its tenants’ potential applications for alcoholic beverage licenses.
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.