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                                                                  AB 2004
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          Date of Hearing:   April 9, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                AB 2004 (Chesbro) - As Introduced:  February 20, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental  
          Organization Vote:                            19-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control  
          (ABC) to include in its annual report to the Legislature the  
          number of active field agents employed by it and the number and  
          type of enforcement activities conducted by it and by local law  
          enforcement agencies in conjunction with ABC by license type and  
          by region or county.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          No additional cost to ABC to include this information in its  
          report to the Legislature.

           COMMENTS  

          1)  Purpose.   According to the author, the annual report does not  
            provide the actual number of ABC enforcement agents in the  
            field or the specific enforcement activities broken down by  
            region and county and by license type.  AB 2004 ensures full  
            transparency for the Legislature as to how many active field  
            agents there are, a breakdown of  type of license category  
            that are subject to enforcement activity and where those  
            enforcement efforts are occurring.  This bill will provide the  
            Legislature a more accurate picture of ABC's staffing and  
            workload issues enabling better Legislative budget decisions.

          2)  Field agent data.   Though ABC does not currently provide this  
            information in its annual report to the Legislature, ABC  
            publishes the number of field agents annually on its public  
            website.









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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Joel Tashjian / APPR. / (916) 319-2081