BILL NUMBER: AB 2082	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act  to add Section 23963 to the Business and Professions
Code,  relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2082, as amended, Campos. Alcoholic beverages: 
licenses.   license   s: probationary period.

   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.  
authorize the department to place a license on a 6-month probationary
period when that license is transferred or sold to an entity or
individual and currently under review by the department or is
transferred or sold to an entity or individual that   has
been convicted of, or been subject to disciplinary action for, a
violation of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. The bill would
provide that proceedings to revoke a license during a probationary
hearing shall be expedited and authorizes the department to consult
with other state agencies regarding these provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 23963 is added to the 
 Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   23963.  (a) The department may place a license issued pursuant to
this division on a six-month probation under the following
circumstances:
   (1) The license is transferred or sold to an entity or individual
and is currently under review by the department for a violation of
this division.
   (2) The license is transferred or sold to an entity or individual
that has been either been convicted of a violation of this division
or been subject to disciplinary action by the department because of a
violation of this division.
   (b) Violation of a condition of probation or of a provision of
this division constitutes cause for revocation of the license.
Proceedings to revoke a license during the six-month probationary
period shall be expedited.
   (c) The department may adopt regulations establishing a monitoring
program to ensure compliance with any terms or conditions of
probation imposed by the department pursuant to subdivision (a). The
department may consult with other state agencies that administer
licensing within the state with regard to any provision of this
section, including the establishment of an expedited license
revocation proceeding.  
  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.