BILL NUMBER: SB 685	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator McGuire
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Bates
  ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Brough   and Dodd   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 23453 of  , and add Section 23453.5
to,  the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic
beverage service.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 685, as amended, McGuire. Alcoholic beverage service: veterans'
club license: beer and wine tasting.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of
licenses for which various annual fees are charged depending upon the
type of license issued. The act authorizes the issuance of a
veterans' club license authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages
for consumption within the licenced   licensed
 establishment only to members of the veterans' organization and
their guests.
   This bill would additionally authorize a holder of a veterans'
club license, as part of a beer tasting, wine tasting, or beer and
wine tasting event, to sell and serve beer, wine, or food for
consumption within the licensed establishment to members of the
general public, as well as to the members of the veterans'
organization and their guests.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 23453 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   23453.   (a) Except as provided in  subdivision (b),
  Section 23453.5,  a holder of a veterans' club
license may exercise all of the rights and privileges permitted by an
on-sale general license but may sell and serve alcoholic beverages
for consumption within the licensed establishment only to members of
the veterans' organization and their guests. 
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, as part of a beer tasting, wine
tasting, or beer and wine tasting event, a holder of a veterans'
club license may sell and serve beer, wine, or food for consumption
within the licensed establishment to members of the general public,
as well as to the members of the veterans' organization and their
guests.  
   (c) 
    (b)  A veterans' club license is not transferable to
another person from the person to whom issued or by whom renewed. The
provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 23815) of Chapter 5
do not apply to the issuance of veterans' club licenses.
   SEC. 2.    Section 23453.5 is added to the  
Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   23453.5.  Notwithstanding any other law, as part of a beer
tasting, wine tasting, or beer and wine tasting event, a holder of a
veterans' club license may sell and serve beer, wine, or food for
consumption within the licensed establishment to members of the
general public, as well as to the members of the veterans'
organization and their guests.