BILL NUMBER: AB 573	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 9, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to amend Sections 25504.5 and 25511 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 573, Chesbro. Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains limitations on sales
commonly known as "tied-house" restrictions, which generally prohibit
a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer's agent, California
winegrower's agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or
wholesaler from furnishing, giving, or lending any money or other
thing of value to any person engaged in operating, owning, or
maintaining any off-sale licensed premises. Existing law exempts from
specified tied-house restrictions the occasional inspection and
cleaning by beer manufacturers and wholesalers of beer taps and
tapping equipment, as provided. Existing law also permits a beer
manufacturer or beer wholesaler to furnish, give, rent, lend, or
sell, any equipment, fixtures, or supplies, other than alcoholic
beverages, to a retailer whose equipment, fixtures, or supplies were
lost or damaged as a result of a natural disaster, as provided.
   This bill would expand these exemptions from tied-house
restrictions to include all alcoholic beverage manufacturers and
wholesalers.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 25504.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   25504.5.  The provisions of Sections 25500 to 25503, inclusive,
and of Section 25600 do not apply to the occasional inspection and
cleaning by manufacturers and wholesalers of taps and tapping
equipment installed in retail on-sale premises.
  SEC. 2.  Section 25511 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   25511.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a
manufacturer or wholesaler, or any officer, director, or agent of any
of those persons may furnish, give, rent, lend, or sell, directly or
indirectly, any equipment, fixtures, or supplies, other than
alcoholic beverages, to a retailer whose equipment, fixtures, or
supplies were lost or damaged as a result of a natural disaster and
whose premises are located in an area proclaimed to be in a state of
disaster by the Governor.
   This section does not apply to transactions that occur three
months or more after the Governor proclaims an area to be in a state
of disaster.
   Nothing in this section is intended to affect or otherwise limit
Section 23104.1, 23104.2, or 23104.3.