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          Bill No:  AB 749
          Author:   Hall (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMM.  :  13-0, 6/28/11
          AYES:  Wright, Anderson, Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, 
            Corbett, De Le�n, Evans, Hernandez, Padilla, Strickland, 
            Wyland, Yee

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  73-0, 5/2/11 (Consent) - See last page for 
            vote


           SUBJECT  :    Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control:  
          report

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill changes the period covered by the 
          Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control annual report to 
          the Legislature from a calendar year time period to a 
          fiscal" year.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law establishes the Department of 
          Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and grants it exclusive 
          authority to administer the provisions of the ABC Act in 
          accordance with laws enacted by the Legislature.  This 
          involves licensing individuals and businesses associated 
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          with the manufacture, importation and sale of alcoholic 
          beverages in this state and the collection of license fees 
          or occupation taxes for this purpose.

          Existing law requires ABC to prepare an annual report to 
          the Legislature on the department's activities on or before 
          March 1 of each year.

          This bill changes the period covered by ABC annual report 
          to the Legislature from a "calendar" year time period to a 
          "fiscal" year.

           Comments
           
          According to the author's office, this bill is intended to 
          align ABC's annual report on activities and enforcement 
          with the timing of their budget tracking and reporting 
          requirements.  ABC contends that the dual tracking for 
          "calendar year" and "fiscal year" reporting creates 
          unnecessary duplication of their reporting duties while 
          increasing administrative costs and inefficiencies.

           Prior/Related Legislation
           
          SB 1480 (Senate Governmental Organization Committee) 
          Chapter 296, Statutes of 2010, among other things, deleted 
          the requirement that the Director of ABC include 
          recommendations for legislation in the annual ABC report to 
          the Legislature.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  No


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill 
            Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, 
            Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng, 
            Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Furutani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, 
            Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hill, 
            Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, 
            Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Miller, Mitchell, 
            Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, 







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            Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, 
            Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, 
            Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
          NO VOTE RECORDED: Charles Calderon, Fuentes, Galgiani, 
            Gorell, Roger Hern�ndez, Mendoza, Vacancy


          PQ:do  8/16/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

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