BILL NUMBER: AB 2793	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Governmental Organization (Coto (Chair),
Bradford, Chesbro, Evans, Galgiani, Hall, Hill, Lieu, Mendoza,
Portantino, and V. Manuel Perez)

                        MARCH 17, 2010

   An act to add Section 23433.5 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2793, as introduced, Committee on Governmental Organization.
Alcoholic beverage control: club licenses.
   Existing law provides for the issuance of a club license for the
sale of alcoholic beverages to specified organizations.
   This bill would authorize the Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control to issue a club license to nonprofit lawn bowls clubs, that
do not discriminate or restrict membership, as specified.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of
its provisions is a misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified.
   This bill, by including provisions that would be subject to those
existing criminal sanctions, would impose 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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 23433.5 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   23433.5.  (a) For the purposes of this article, "club" also means
any nonprofit lawn bowls club.
   (b) No license shall be issued to any nonprofit lawn bowls club
qualifying as a club pursuant to this section if the nonprofit lawn
bowls club in any manner restricts membership or the use of its
facilities on the basis of age or any characteristic listed or
defined in subdivision (b) or (e) of Section 51 of the Civil Code.
  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.