BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 816
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Date of Hearing: May 1, 2013
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
AB 816 (Hall) - As Introduced: February 21, 2013
Policy Committee: Governmental
Organization Vote: 16 - 0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill merges code sections within the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act (Act) pertaining to direct requests from consumers
to non-retail alcoholic beverage purveyors seeking information
as to where specific brands are available on the retail market.
The bill consolidates the individual authorizations for
providing information regarding on-sale and off-sale retail
licensees carrying the product requested.
FISCAL EFFECT
There are no significant costs associated with this legislation
COMMENTS
Rationale . According to the author, AB 816 is intended to
clean-up existing statutes within the Act on this subject by
consolidating into a single statute the on-sale and off-sale
sections of law regarding authorizing manufacturers and
distributors in response to a direct inquiry from a consumer to
provide information relating to where their product is available
for purchase.
AB 2349 (Nestande), Chapter 374, Statutes of 2012, permitted
alcohol manufacturers and distributors to list two or more
unaffiliated on-sale licensees of any type that carries their
product. Prior to AB 2349, restaurants were only allowed to be
listed and bars were excluded. The bill permitted any on-sale
licensee to be listed under specified conditions. The bill also
added "other electronic media" to the list of sources that beer
manufacturers or distributors could use to list two or more
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unaffiliated on-sale licensees that carry their product.
Analysis Prepared by : Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)
319-2081