BILL NUMBER: SB 685	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  423
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 1, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 1, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator McGuire
   (Coauthors: Senators Bates, Nielsen, Roth, and Runner)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Brough, Chang, Cooper, Dodd,
Cristina Garcia, Kim, Linder, Lopez, Maienschein, Mathis, Olsen,
Perea, Steinorth, and Waldron)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 23453 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverage service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 685, McGuire. Alcoholic beverage service: veterans' club
license.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of
licenses for which various annual fees are charged depending upon the
type of license issued. The act authorizes the issuance of a
veterans' club license authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages
for consumption within the licensed establishment only to members of
the veterans' organization and their guests.
   This bill would additionally authorize a holder of a veterans'
club license to sell and serve alcoholic beverages for consumption
within the licensed establishment to members of other veterans'
organizations, active duty or reserve members of the Armed Forces, or
veterans, as well as to the members of the veterans' organization
and their guests.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 23453 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   23453.   (a) The holder of a veterans' club license may exercise
all of the rights and privileges permitted by an on-sale general
license but may sell and serve alcoholic beverages for consumption
within the licensed establishment only to bona fide members of the
veterans' organization and their bona fide guests, bona fide members
of other veterans' organizations, active duty or reserve members of
the Armed Forces, or veterans as defined in Section 18540.4 of the
Government Code.
   (b) A veterans' club license is not transferable to another person
from the person to whom issued or by whom renewed. The provisions of
Article 2 (commencing with Section 23815) of Chapter 5 do not apply
to the issuance of veterans' club licenses.
   (c) A bona fide member of a veterans' organization, bona fide
guest, active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces, or veteran
is not required to sign in to a roster before purchasing or being
served alcoholic beverages for consumption.
  SEC. 2.  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act
to expand the rights of a holder of a veterans' club license to sell
and serve alcoholic beverages.