California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1035


Introduced by Assembly Member Linder

February 26, 2015


An act to amend Section 24045.2 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1035, as introduced, Linder. Alcoholic beverages: temporary licenses.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act authorizes the issuance of a special temporary retail package off-sale beer and wine license to a television station, supported wholly or in part by public membership subscription, which is a nonprofit, charitable corporation, as provided, or to a nonprofit, charitable corporation that receives and administers donations for a noncommercial, educational television station, or public broadcasting station supported wholly or in part by public membership subscription, as provided, subject to specified restrictions.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 24045.2 of the Business and Professions
2Code
is amended to read:

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24045.2.  

(a) The department may issue a special temporary
4retail package off-sale beer and wine license to: (1) a television
5station, supported wholly or in part by public membership
P2    1subscription, which is a nonprofit, charitable corporation exempt
2from payment of income taxes under the provisions of the Internal
3Revenue Code of 1954 of the United States, or (2) a nonprofit,
4charitable corporation exempt from payment of income taxes under
5the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 of the United
6States that receives and administers donations for a noncommercial,
7educational television stationbegin insert,end insert or public broadcasting station
8supported wholly or in part by public membership subscription.
9An applicant for this license shall accompany the application with
10a fee of one hundred dollars ($100).

11(b) begin deleteThis end deletebegin insertA end insertlicensebegin insert issued pursuant to this sectionend insert shall only
12entitle the licensee to sell at auction beer and wine donated to it.
13Notwithstanding any otherbegin delete provision of this division,end deletebegin insert provision,end insert a
14licensee may donate beer, wine, or both beer and winebegin delete,end delete to a
15corporation licensed under this section, provided donations are not
16made in connection with a sale of an alcoholic beverage.

17(c) This license shall be for a period not exceeding 30 days.
18Only one license shall be issued to any corporation in a calendar
19year.



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