BILL NUMBER: SB 1246	CHAPTERED  09/27/08

	CHAPTER  395
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 18, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Negrete McLeod

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2008

   An act to add Section 25611.3 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1246, Negrete McLeod. Alcoholic beverages: beer wholesalers:
exterior signs.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that any manufacturer,
winegrower, manufacturer's agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler,
importer, or wholesaler, or any officer, director, or agent of any of
those persons, may furnish, give, lend, or rent specified types of
signs, including signs relating to advertising beer.
   This bill would allow beer wholesalers to sell or rent exterior
signs at not less than cost, as defined in the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of
its provisions is a misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified. This
bill, by changing the definition of an existing crime, imposes a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25611.3 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   25611.3.  A beer wholesaler may sell or rent exterior signs
advertising beer for use at any on-sale or off-sale retail premises.
Exterior signs include, but are not limited to, signs, inflatables,
and banners used to advertise a beer manufacturer's product. Exterior
signs must be sold or rented at not less than cost, as defined in
Section 17026. An exterior sign that is customized for a retailer
must be sold, and may not be rented.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII  B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII  B of the California
Constitution.