Bill Text: CA AB2174 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2174 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Alcoholic beverages: beer caterer’s permit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-09-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 308, Statutes of 2024. [AB2174 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2174-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2174

Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry

February 07, 2024

An act to amend Section 23399.65 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2174, as introduced, Aguiar-Curry. Alcoholic beverages: brewery event permits.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. The act provides the grounds upon which the department may suspend or revoke licenses and impose fines and penalties, as provided.

Existing law authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer to apply to the department for a brewery event permit, which authorizes the sale of beer produced by the licensee, as specified, for consumption on property contiguous and adjacent to the licensed premises owned or under the control of the licensee. Existing law, at all approved events, authorizes the licensee to exercise only the privileges authorized by the licensee’s license and requires the licensee to comply with all provisions of the act pertaining to the conduct of on-sale premises. Existing law makes a violation of any provision of the act pertaining to the conduct of on-sale premises by a licensee a basis for revocation or suspension of the licensee’s license or permit, or both, as specified.

This bill would make a violation of the above-described provisions by a licensee a basis for offers in compromise, suspension or revocation of the licensee’s license or permit, or any combination thereof, as specified.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 23399.65 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

23399.65.

(a) A licensed beer manufacturer may apply to the department for a brewery event permit. A brewery event permit shall authorize the sale of beer produced by the licensee pursuant to Section 23357 for consumption on property contiguous and adjacent to the licensed premises owned or under the control of the licensee. The property shall be secured and controlled by the licensee.

(b) (1) The annual fee for a brewery event permit for a licensed beer manufacturer shall be the same as the event permit fee specified in subdivision (b) of Section 23320. The permit may be renewed annually at the same time as the licensee’s license. A brewery event permit shall be transferable as a part of the license.

(2) For each brewery event, consent for the sale of beer pursuant to subdivision (a) at the brewery event shall be first obtained by the licensee from the department in the form of an event authorization issued by the department. An event authorization shall be subject to approval by the appropriate local law enforcement agency. The fee for each event authorization shall be the same as the event authorization fee specified in Section 23399. The number of events authorized by a brewery event permit shall not exceed four in any calendar year.

(3) All moneys collected as fees pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund, as described in Section 25761, for allocation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as provided in subdivision (d) of that section.

(c) At all approved events, the licensee may exercise only those privileges authorized by the licensee’s license and shall comply with all provisions of the act pertaining to the conduct of on-sale ~~premises, and violation~~ premises. A violation of those provisions may be grounds for offers in compromise, suspension or revocation of the licensee’s license or permit, ~~or both,~~ or any combination thereof, as though the violation occurred on the licensed premises.

(d) The department may adopt any regulations it determines to be necessary for the administration of this section.