BILL NUMBER: AB 647	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 23789 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 647, as introduced, Chesbro. The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Act.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department
of Alcoholic Beverage Control, prescribes requirements for licenses
for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
The act specifically authorizes the department to refuse the
issuance, other than renewal or ownership transfer, of any retail
license for premises located within the immediate vicinity of a
church or hospital.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 23789 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   23789.  (a) The department is specifically authorized to refuse
the issuance, other than renewal or ownership transfer, of any retail
license for premises located within the immediate vicinity of
 churches and hospitals   a church or hospital
 .
   (b) The department is specifically authorized to refuse the
issuance, other than renewal or ownership transfer, of any retail
license for premises located within at least 600 feet of 
schools and public playgrounds   a school, public
playground,  or nonprofit youth  facilities, 
 facility,  including, but not limited to, 
facilities   a facility  serving Girl Scouts, Boy
Scouts, or Campfire Girls. This distance shall be measured pursuant
to rules of the department.