BILL NUMBER: AB 2082	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2082, as introduced, Campos. Alcoholic beverages: licenses.
   Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is
administrated by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control,
regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic
beverage licenses.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to
subsequently amend this bill to include provisions that would
establishes a six-month probationary period for specified licenses
issued under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to subsequently
amend this measure to include provisions that would establish a
six-month probationary period for the following alcoholic beverage
licenses: licenses that are transferred to another entity or
individual and are currently under review by the Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control for conducting illicit activities;
licenses that are sold to another entity or individual and are
currently under review by the department for conducting illicit
activities; and licenses that are sold or transferred to another
entity or individual that has been convicted of conducting illicit
activities under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. The six-month
probationary period would include a rapid license revocation process
that may be used if the licensee violates a regulation issued under,
or a requirement of, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.