BILL NUMBER: SB 1040	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Evans

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act to amend Section 25237 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1040, as introduced, Evans. Alcoholic beverages: wine labeling.

   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act makes it unlawful to make any
representation that a wine is produced entirely from grapes grown in
specified counties unless the representation is true. The act
specifies that those provisions apply to representations made on
labels, advertising matter, letterheads, invoices, tags, signs,
business cards, and all other representations of any kind whether
oral, written, or printed. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.
   This bill would additionally provide that these provisions apply
to representations made on bottles and to representations made in an
electronic form. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, the
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25237 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   25237.  It is unlawful to make any representation that a wine is
produced entirely from grapes grown in the counties mentioned in
Section 25236 unless the representation is true. This section
 applies   shall apply  to representations
made on labels,  bottles,  advertising matter, letterheads,
invoices, tags, signs, business cards, and all other representations
of any kind  whether   that are  oral,
written,  electronic,  or printed.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.