California Assembly Bill AB1470 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1470AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 19, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 23, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Evans FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to amend Section 23396.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1470, as amended, Evans. Alcoholic beverage licensees. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Under existing law, a licensed winegrower that is exercising specified privileges may allow a person who has purchased and partially consumed a bottle of wine to remove that bottle from the premises upon departure. This bill would also authorize an on-sale beer and wine public premises licensee  and a licensed winegrower who exercises his or her license privileges at specified locations  to allow a person who has purchased and partially consumed a bottle of wine to remove the partially consumed bottle from the premises upon departure.  The bill would restrict the authorization of licensed winegrowers to allow a person who has purchased and partially consumed a bottle of wine to remove that bottle from the premises to those licensed winegrowers exercising the privilege of selling wine to consumers for consumption on the premises.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 23396.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 23396.5. Notwithstanding any other law, any on-sale licensee that maintains a bona fide eating place in conjunction with such license, any on-sale beer and wine public premises licensee, or any winegrower that is exercising a privilege pursuant to  paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 23358   Section 23358 or 23390  may allow any person who has purchased and partially consumed a bottle of wine to remove the partially consumed bottle from the premises upon departure.