BILL NUMBER: SB 905	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator  Berryhill   Bates 

                        JANUARY 25, 2016

   An act to  amend   add  Section 
19424 of   23428.29 to  the Business and
Professions Code, relating to  horse racing.  
alcoholic beverage control. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 905, as amended,  Berryhill   Bates 
.  Horse racing: California Horse Racing Board. 
 Alcoholic beverage control: club licenses.  
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administrated by the
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, defines and regulates the
issuance of various types of licenses authorizing the sale of
alcoholic beverages, including a club license. Existing law
authorizes the holder of a club license to exercise the rights of a
on-sale general licensee, but limits sale and service of alcoholic
beverages to members of the club and their guests. Existing law
defines different clubs in this context.  
   This bill would define a club, for the purposes described above,
to also include a nonprofit umbrella organization established to
provide a central meeting location, resources, and services for
veterans, including those on active duty, and that owns or leases,
operates, and maintains a facility for these purposes. The bill would
require the organization to serve at least 6 veteran organizations,
as specified.  
   The Horse Racing Law provides that no member of the California
Horse Racing Board is disqualified from receiving a share of any
purse awarded him as the result of any horse race as an owner of a
horse or as a breeder of a California-bred horse.  
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

   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 23428.29 is added to the 
 Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   23428.29.  For the purpose of this article, "club" also means a
nonprofit umbrella organization established to provide a central
meeting location, resources, and services specifically for veterans,
including those on active duty, and that owns or leases, operates,
and maintains a facility for these purposes. The nonprofit umbrella
organization shall serve at least six veteran organizations, composed
solely of veterans, that have been chartered by the Congress of the
United States for patriotic, fraternal, or benevolent purposes and
which post, chapter, camp, or other local unit has operated as such
for not less than one year.
   It shall be unlawful for any club licensed pursuant to this
section to make any discrimination, distinction, or restriction
against any person on account of the person's color, race, religion,
ancestry, national origin, sex, or age.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 19424 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   19424.  A board member is not disqualified from receiving a share
of a purse awarded him or her as the result of a horse race as an
owner of a horse or as a breeder of a California-bred horse.