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          Date of Hearing:   May 11, 2011

                   ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
                                 Isadore Hall, Chair
                AB 1419 (Committee on Governmental Organization) - As 
                             Introduced:  March 21, 2011
           
          SUBJECT  :  Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control: report: due 
          date.

           SUMMARY  :   Extends the due date of an annual report to the 
          Legislature on the activities of the Alcoholic Beverage Control, 
          on or before March 31 of each year, for the previous fiscal 
          year.

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1) 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 with the manufacture, importation and sale of 
          alcoholic beverages in this state and the collection of license 
          fees or occupation taxes for this purpose.

          2) Requires the Department of ABC to make an annual report to 
          the Legislature on the department's activities, on or before 
          March 1 of each year.

           FISCAL EFFECT :   This bill has been keyed non-fiscal by 
          Legislative Counsel.

           COMMENTS  :  

           Purpose of the bill  :  Existing law requires the Director of ABC, 
          on or before March 1 of each year, to submit to the Legislature 
          an annual report on the department's activities.  The law 
          provides that the report must include, but not be limited to, 
          the following information for the previous calendar year: (a) 
          the amount of funds allocated and spent by ABC for licensing, 
          enforcement, and administration; (b) the number of licenses 
          issued, renewed, denied, suspended and revoked; (c) the average 
          time for processing license applications; (d) the number and 
          type of enforcement activities; and, (e) the number, type, and 
          amount of penalties, fines, and other disciplinary actions.








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          This measure would simply extend the due date of the 
          above-referenced report from March 1 of each year to March 31 of 
          each year.

           Prior/Related legislation  :  

          AB 749 (Hall) 2011-12 Session.  Would change the period covered 
          by the Department of ABC's annual report to the Legislature from 
          a "calendar" year time period to "fiscal" year.  (Senate Rules 
          Committee)

          SB 1480 (Committee on Governmental Organization) Chapter 296, 
          Statutes of 2010.   Among other things, deleted the requirement 
          that the Director of ABC recommendations for legislation in the 
          annual ABC report to the Legislature.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :    Eric Johnson / G. O. / (916) 319-2531