BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    



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          Date of Hearing:   May 19, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

              AB 2793 (Committee on G.O.) - As Amended:  April 14, 2010 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental  
          Organization Vote:                            21 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes technical, clarifying, conforming, and  
          non-controversial changes to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.  
          Specifically, this bill: 

          1)Authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)  
            to issue a club license for the sale of alcoholic beverages to  
            nonprofit lawn bowling clubs.

          2)Modifies the existing tied-house exception for Los Angeles  
            County to specify that a defined alcohol manufacturer or  
            supplier may purchase indoor advertising space or time at a  
            fully enclosed venue with box office sales and attendance by  
            the public on a ticketed basis only, with a patronage capacity  
            in excess of 2,000, but not more than 3,000. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Potential minor non-reimbursable local costs for investigation  
          and prosecution of violations, potentially offset by fine  
          revenue.

          COMMENTS  

           Rationale  . This bill is the annual Assembly Governmental  
          Organization Committee bill that makes technical, clarifying,  
          conforming, and non-controversial changes to the Alcoholic  
          Beverage Control Act. 

          Currently, club licenses are available to a variety of entities  
          by statute.  Examples include golf, swimming or tennis clubs,  








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          rod and gun clubs, press clubs, firemen's associations,  
          nonprofit social luncheon clubs, etc.  Currently, 30 types of  
          organizations are eligible for club licenses. This bill would  
          add nonprofit bowling clubs to that list, as long as those clubs  
          do not discriminate or restrict their membership. 


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081