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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 89
          Author:   Wright (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SUBJECT  :    California Beer Distributor Month

           SOURCE  :     California Beer Distributors


           DIGEST :    This resolution proclaims the month of May 2012 
          as California Beer Distributor Month.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following 
          legislative findings:

          1. With the passage of the 21st Amendment to the United 
             States Constitution, California's beer distributors have 
             been licensed and regulated under the state-based, 
             three-tier system that provides traceability, 
             transparency, and accountability in alcohol taxation and 
             regulation in the United States. 

          2. California's beer distributors are among the state's 
             leading employers. Located in the state's 58 counties, 
             beer distributors contribute 
          $931,668,114 annually to California's economy in direct 
             wages and health care benefits to their 11,743 
             employees.
           
          3. California's beer distributors are primarily family 
             businesses spanning three generations with a long-term 
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             commitment to expanding the economic and civic vibrancy 
             of their communities and to growing an ever stronger 
             family business for the benefit of their employees and 
             future generations.
           
          4. California's beer distributors are investing millions of 
             dollars in alternative energy technologies to reduce 
             their carbon footprint in their warehouses, on our 
             roads, and in the marketplace in order to improve our 
             environment. 

          5. California beer distributors are also promoting 
             sustainable solutions through the recycling of plastic 
             and cardboard packaging waste and sourcing vendors to 
             purchase the baled used shrink wrap and cardboard. These 
             conservation practices have reduced the use of energy 
             and raw materials and have minimized the amounts of 
             waste going to California's landfills.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  5/23/12)

          California Beer Distributors (source)


          DLW:mw  5/24/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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