BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 818| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONSENT Bill No: SB 818 Author: Senate Governmental Organization Committee Amended: As introduced Vote: 21 SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/23/13 AYES: Wright, Nielsen, Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, Correa, De León, Hernandez, Lieu NO VOTE RECORDED: Galgiani, Padilla SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8 SUBJECT : Alcoholic beverages SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill makes non-controversial, clarifying and code maintenance changes to the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Act. ANALYSIS : Existing law: 1.Defines veteran for purposes of Veterans Club licenses as any person who has served in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Revenue Marine Service, or as an active nurse in the service of the American Red Cross, or in the Army and Navy Nurse Corps in time of war, or in any expedition of the armed forces of the United States, or who served in one of such CONTINUED SB 818 Page 2 services during the period September 16, 1940 to December 7, 1941, and received a discharge under conditions other than dishonorable. (Business and Professions Code (BPC) Section 23450) 2.Requires the holder of a Type 14 public warehouse license to obtain only one license for all warehouses and requires the license holder to post a copy of the original license in any additional warehouses operated by the license holder. Also requires the Department of ABC to charge $1 for each copy it issues to a Type 14 license holder. (BPC Section 24041) 3.Prohibits the transfer of an off-sale general license or on-sale general license from one county to another for a purchase price in excess of $10,000 unless it was originally issued on or after June 1, 1961, in which case the purchase price shall not exceed $6,000. Provides that after a period of five years from the date of the inter-county transfer of the license, these licenses may be transferred to another county without restrictions on the purchase price. (BPC Section 24070) 4.Prohibits an off-sale licensee from delivering alcoholic beverages ordered by telephone unless the recipient can furnish proof of age and identity to indicate that he/she is 21 years of age or over. (BPC Section 25605) This is the annual Senate Governmental Organization Committee bill that makes various non-controversial and code maintenance changes to the ABC Act. The proposed changes have been requested by the Department of ABC. Specifically, this bill: 1.Amends BPC Section 23450, which dates back to 1935, to include persons who have served in the Air Force and Coast Guard in the definition of "veteran" for purposes of being eligible for a Veterans Club license. 2.Amends BPC Section 24041 to clarify that a Type 14 public warehouse licensee with multiple warehouses must obtain a duplicate of its original license from the Department of ABC for a $1 charge for each additional warehouse operated and post it in each warehouse. As currently written, BPC Section 24041 is not clear that the duplicates (or copies) must be obtained from ABC. CONTINUED SB 818 Page 3 3.Amends BPC Section 24070 to clarify that an original general license cannot be transferred from one county to another for more than the fee set by statute for five years from the date it was last transferred between counties. The current fee for original general licenses is set in BPC Section 23954.5(b) at $13,800. 4.Amends BPC Section 25605 to recognize forms of electronic communication, in addition to the telephone, by which alcohol orders may be placed. BPC Section 25605 was enacted in 1963 before e-mail and other forms of electronic communication existed. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: Yes MW:nl 5/7/13 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED **** END **** CONTINUED