BILL NUMBER: SB 533	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 5, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Wyland
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 533, as amended, Knight. Alcoholic beverages: beer labels.
   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  manufacture 
 manufacturer  .
   This bill would require a beer manufacturer that refills any
container supplied by a consumer to affix a label, as specified, on
the container prior to its resale to the consumer. The bill would
require information concerning any beer previously packaged in the
container, including, but not limited to, information regarding the
manufacturer and bottler of the beer, to be removed or completely
obscured in a manner not readily removable by the consumer prior to
resale.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of
its provisions is a misdemeanor.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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 following
information:
   (1) Information as required by Section 7.22 of Title 27 of the
Code of Federal Regulations.
   (2) The government warning as required by Section 16.21 of Title
27 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
   (3) 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 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, 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.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.