BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 3, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
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(Wolk) - As Amended June 21, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable:
No
SUMMARY:
This bill authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control (ABC) to issue a special nonprofit sales license to a
nonprofit mutual benefit corporation that is associated with the
Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis. This licensee
may accept a transfer of, and take title to, up to 20,000
gallons of wine produced by the university, sell this wine to
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consumers for consumption off the licensed premises or to other
licensees authorized to sell wine, and give licensees samples of
the wine it sells.
FISCAL EFFECT:
No additional state costs.
COMMENTS:
Background and Purpose. According to the author, this bill would
allow ABC to offer a special non-profit sales license that will
benefit the environment and the Department of Viticulture and
Enology at UC Davis. UC Davis, through their College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, offers undergraduate
and graduate degrees in the areas of grape growing and wine
making. Currently, any product produced through the program is
discarded.
The author's states that the creation of a specific non-profit
entity, separate from the university, would allow wine to be
marketed, with the proceeds to be remitted to the university
departments that created the product to support its mission of
teaching, research and extension. It would also help prevent
unnecessary and avoidable waste by allowing wine to be sold
instead of discarded.
Analysis Prepared by:Luke Reidenbach / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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