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          Date of Hearing:   May 2, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

           AB 2694 (Committee on Governmental Organization) - As Amended:  
                                   April 12, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental 
          Organization Vote:                            16 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY 

          This bill makes various changes to the Alcoholic Beverage 
          Control Act (ABC Act). Specifically, this bill:  

          1)Provides that a ABC license, as defined in statute, authorizes 
            the license holder to exercise the rights and privileges as 
            specified in the ABC Act.

          2)Makes technical and conforming changes within the ABC Act.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          There are no significant costs associated with this legislation. 


           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . This bill represents the annual Assembly Governmental 
          Organization Committee bill which makes technical, clarifying, 
          conforming, and non-controversial changes to the ABC Act.  

          The language contained in this proposal was put forth by the 
          ABC.  AB 2694 amends Business and Professions Code Section 23355 
          to specify that an ABC license authorizes the person to whom it 
          is issued the rights and privileges specified in the ABC Act as 
          not all ABC licenses are listed in Article 2 of Chapter 3.  
          Replacing "article" with "division" will appropriately capture 
          all licenses.  For example, the instructional tasting license is 
          not listed in Article 2 of Chapter 3 of the ABC Act.









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