BILL NUMBER: AB 2004	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 23055 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2004, as introduced, Chesbro. Department of Alcoholic Beverages
Control: annual report.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act is administered by the
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law requires the
department to make an annual report to the Legislature on the
department's activities, including information for the fiscal
calendar year on the number and type of enforcement activities
conducted by the department and by local law enforcement agencies in
conjunction with the department.
   This bill would require the department to additionally include in
the report the number of active field agents employed by the
department and the number and type of enforcement activities
conducted by the department and by local law enforcement agencies in
conjunction with the department by license type and by region or
county.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 23055 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   23055.  On or before March 1 of each year, the director shall
prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the
department's activities and post the report on the department's
Internet Web site. The report shall include, but not be limited to,
the following information for the previous fiscal year:
   (a) The amount of funds allocated and spent by the department for
licensing, enforcement, and administration.
   (b) The number of licenses issued, renewed, denied, suspended, and
revoked, by license category.
   (c) The average time for processing license applications, by
license category.
   (d) The number  of active field agents employed by the
department and the number  and type of enforcement activities
conducted by the department and by local law enforcement agencies in
conjunction with the department  by license type and by region or
county  .
   (e) The number, type, and amount of penalties, fines, and other
disciplinary actions taken by the department.