BILL NUMBER: AB 2005	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 25200 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2005, as introduced, Chesbro. Beer: labeling requirements.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department
of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution
of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the
manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the
state. The act also provides for specified labeling requirements for
containers of alcoholic beverages sold within this state, and
requires that all beer sold in the state have a label affixed to its
package or container with the true and correct name and address of
the manufacturer of the beer and the true and correct name of the
bottler of the beer if other than the manufacturer. Existing law
requires a beer manufacturer that refills any container supplied by a
consumer to affix a label on the container that complies with these
provisions prior to its resale to the consumer.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to 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 25200 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   25200.  (a) All beer sold in this state shall have a label affixed
to the package or container thereof, containing the brand and type
of beer, upon which shall appear the true and correct name and
address of the manufacturer of the beer, and also the true and
correct name of the bottler of the beer if other than the
manufacturer.
   (b) A manufacturer, importer, or wholesaler of beer shall not use
a container or carton as a package or container of a beer other than
the beer as is manufactured by the manufacturer whose name or brand
of beer appears upon the container or carton, or use as a package or
container of a beer a container or carton which bears the name of a
manufacturer of beer or the brand of any beer other than those of the
manufacturer of the beer contained in the container or carton.
   (c) A beer manufacturer that refills any container supplied by a
consumer shall affix a label that complies with this section on the
container prior to  its  resale  of the
container  to the consumer. Any information concerning any beer
previously packaged in the container, including, but not limited to,
information regarding the manufacturer and bottler of the beer, or
any associated brands or trademarks, shall be removed or completely
obscured in a manner not readily removable by the consumer prior to
the resale of the container to the consumer. This subdivision does
not authorize a beer manufacturer to refill a container supplied by a
consumer with a capacity of five liquid gallons or more.