BILL NUMBER: SB 685	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator McGuire
   (  Coauthor:   Senator  
Bates   Coauthors:   Senators   Bates
  and Nielsen  )
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members  Brough  
  and Dodd   Brough,   Chang,
  Cooper,   Dodd,   Kim,  
Maienschein,   Perea,   Steinorth,  and
Waldron  )

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 23453  of, and add Section 23453.5
to,   of  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.  
license. 
   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 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,   license  to sell and
serve  beer, wine, or food   alcoholic
beverages  for consumption within the licensed establishment to
members of  the general public,   other
congressionally chartered veterans organizations, active duty or
reserve members of the Armed Forces, or veterans,  as well as to
the members of the veterans' organization and their guests.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . 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 Section 23453.5, a
  The  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  bona fide
 members of the veterans' organization and their  bona fide
 guests  , bona fide members of other congressionally
chartered veterans organizations, active duty or reserve members of
the Armed Forces, or veterans as defined in Section 18540.4 of the
Government Code  .
   (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. 
   (c) A bona fide member of a veterans organization, bona fide
guest, active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces, or veteran
is not required to sign in to a roster before purchasing or being
served alcoholic beverages for consumption. 
   SEC. 2.    It is the intent of the Legislature in
enacting this act to expand the rights of a holder of a veterans'
club license to serve and sell alcoholic beverages.  
  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.