BILL NUMBER: SB 1710	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   204
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 21, 1998
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 20, 1998
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 6, 1998
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 29, 1998
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 24, 1998
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 20, 1998

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Polanco
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Honda)
   (Coauthor:  Assembly Member Cedillo)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 1998

   An act to add Section 23398.5 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1710, Polanco.  Alcoholic beverages:  licenses.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of
various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the
imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with
the issuance of those licenses.   The act provides that an on-sale
license authorizes the sale of the alcoholic beverage specified in
the license for consumption on the premises where sold.
   This bill would provide that any on-sale licensee authorized to
sell wine may also sell soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage
that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived
from agricultural products.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 23398.5 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   23398.5.  Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division
that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of soju,
an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24
percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural
products.