BILL NUMBER: AB 1558	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 23, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 16, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 24, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mathis
   (Coauthor: Senator Berryhill)

                        JANUARY 4, 2016

   An act to add Section 23826.14 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1558, 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.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 23826.14 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   23826.14.  (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, public premises, or both 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 that 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 that apply only to the County of Inyo.