Amended in Assembly August 11, 2016

Amended in Senate April 7, 2016

Senate Bill No. 905

Introduced by Senator Bates

January 25, 2016

An act to add Section 23428.29 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverage control.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 905, as amended, Bates. 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 begin delete a end delete begin insert an end insert 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.

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 23428.29 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:

23428.29.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert 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.

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(b) For purposes of this section, members of the veteran
organizations served by the nonprofit umbrella organization shall
be deemed to be members of the nonprofit umbrella organization
regardless of whether they are charged separate dues to hold that
membership.

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(c) The nonprofit umbrella organization shall obtain
documentation from the veteran organizations it serves as may be
necessary to establish that those veteran organizations meet the
requirements of this section. The documentation shall be provided
to the department upon demand.

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It

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begin insert (d) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert It end insert 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.