BILL NUMBER: AB 1558	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mathis

                        JANUARY 4, 2016

   An act to add Section 23826.13 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1558, as introduced, Mathis. Alcoholic beverages: licenses.
   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 a limitation on the amount of
on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based
on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are
located, as provided.
   This bill would provide an exception to this limitation for the
County of Inyo, as specified.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations
regarding the necessity of a special statute.
   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 23826.13 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   23826.13.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, in the County of Inyo, the department may issue no more than
a total of five additional new original on-sale general licenses for
bona fide public eating places from January 1, 2017, to December 31,
2019, inclusive. To qualify for a license under this section, the
premises upon which a bona fide public eating place is operated shall
have a seating capacity for 50 or more diners.
   (b) In issuing the licenses provided for in this section, the
department shall follow the procedure set forth in Section 23961.
   (c) This chapter does not prohibit a person who currently holds a
valid on-sale general license for seasonal business from applying for
an original on-sale general license pursuant to this section.
   (d) A license issued under this section shall not be transferred
from one county to another, nor shall it be transferred to any
premises not qualifying under this section.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique circumstances of the economy of the County of
Inyo, as specified in Section 1, that apply only to the County of
Inyo.