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          Date of Hearing:   March 8, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                    SCR 66 (Corbett) - As Amended:  March 6, 2012

           SENATE VOTE  :   36-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   California Craft Brewery Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Proclaims the month of February 2012 as California 
          Craft Brewery Month.    Specifically,  this resolution  makes the 
          following legislative findings:   

          1)In 1982, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 3610 to 
            amend the state's tied-house laws to remove the restriction on 
            on-premises sales of craft beer; and following this change in 
            the law, California became home to three of the first five 
            brewpubs in America.

          2)California is now known and recognized internationally for the 
            quality of its craft breweries; and California now has more 
            breweries than any other state in the country, including over 
            280 small, independently owned craft breweries.

          3)Brewery tourism is increasingly popular and contributes to the 
            economic impact of the state's tourism industry; and, the 
            California craft brewery industry has an annual impact of $500 
            million on the state's economy in direct wages and benefits.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file.
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file. 


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 









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