BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



                                                                  AB 517
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          Date of Hearing:   April 13, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                  AB 517 (Hall) - As Introduced:  February 15, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental 
          Organization Vote:                            17 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill adds a new provision to the Alcoholic Beverage Control 
          (ABC) Act that permits the return of unsold and unopened beer 
          from an organization that obtained a temporary license.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible non-reimbursable costs for prosecution and/or 
          incarceration, offset by fine revenue, for misdemeanor 
          violations of these provisions of the ABC Act. 

           COMMENTS  

           Rationale  . According to the author's office, this bill has been 
          introduced on behalf of beer distributors in California who have 
          experienced increasing demands to accept the return of unsold or 
          unopened beer from nonprofit organizations that are the holders 
          of temporary on-sale licenses (issued for special events, 
          fundraisers, parties, etc.).  

          Currently, holders of such licenses may choose to keep the 
          unopened and unused beer for a future event for which another 
          temporary license may be issued.  However, they have no legal 
          option to sell or dispose of the beer in their possession at the 
          expiration of their daily license.  This measure would permit 
          the return of unsold and unopened beer by daily licensees to the 
                  licensee from whom the beer was purchased.  


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








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