BILL NUMBER: AB 1971	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooper

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2016

   An act to add Section 25503.61 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1971, as introduced, Cooper. Alcoholic beverages: tied-house
restrictions: advertising.
   Existing law authorizes the holder of a winegrower's license, a
beer manufacturer, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled
spirits manufacturer's agent, to purchase advertising space and time
from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain
conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager,
agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or
major tenant of facilities meeting specified criteria, including,
location in a specified city, county, or university campus.
   This bill would, in a addition, allow a beer manufacturer, the
holder of a winegrowers license, a distilled spirits rectifier, a
distilled spirits manufacturer, or distilled spirits manufacturer's
agent to purchase advertising time and space from, or on behalf of,
an on-sale retail licensee if the licensee is the owner, manager,
agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or
major tenant of stadiums and arenas subject to specified conditions,
including that the advertising time and space is purchased only in
connection with events be held on the premises of those stadiums or
arenas, but without specifying the location of the facility.
   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 25503.61 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   25503.61.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
and in addition to the exceptions provided in Section 25503.6, a beer
manufacturer, the holder of a winegrowers license, a distilled
spirits rectifier, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or distilled
spirits manufacturer's agent may purchase advertising time and space
from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee subject to all of
the following conditions:
   (a) The on-sale licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the
owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or the major
tenant of the owner of any outdoor stadium or fully enclosed arena
with a fixed seating capacity in excess of 1,500. This subdivision
includes all stadiums and arenas licensed prior to the effective date
of the measure adding this section.
   (b) The outdoor stadium or fully enclosed arena described in
subdivision (a) is not owned by a community college district.
   (c) The advertising space or time is purchased only in connection
with events to be held on the premises of the outdoor stadium or
fully enclosed arena.
   (d) The on-sale licensee serves other brands of beer distributed
by a competing beer wholesaler in addition to the brand manufactured
or marked by the beer manufacturer, other brands of wine distributed
by a competing wine wholesaler in addition to the brand produced by
the winegrower, and other brands of distilled spirits distributed by
a competing distilled spirits wholesaler in addition to the brand
manufactured or marketed by the distilled spirits rectifier, the
distilled spirits manufacturer, or the distilled spirits manufacturer'
s agent that purchased the advertising space or time.