BILL NUMBER: SB 415ENROLLED BILL TEXT PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 1, 2009 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Senator Oropeza FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to amend Section 23987 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 415, Oropeza. Alcoholic beverages: licenses: local government review. Existing law requires the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to notify the appropriate sheriff, chief of police, district attorney, city or county planning agency, and legislative body of an application for the issuance or transfer of a liquor license, and prohibits the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control from issuing or transferring a license until at least 30 days after these notices are provided. Existing law authorizes the department to extend that 30-day period for a period not to exceed an additional 20 days if a proper written request is made by any local law enforcement agency. This bill would authorize the department to extend the 30-day period for a period not to exceed an additional 30 days if a proper written request is made by any entity or official receiving the required notification. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 23987 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 23987. (a) Upon the receipt by the department of an original application for any license or an application for transfer of any license, written notice thereof, consisting of a copy of the application, shall immediately be mailed by the department to the sheriff, chief of police, and district attorney of the locality in which the premises are situated, to the city or county planning director, whoever has jurisdiction, the board of supervisors of the county in which the premises are situated, if within an unincorporated area, and to the city council or other governing body of the city in which the premises are situated, if within an incorporated area. (b) Except as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 23800, no license shall be issued or transferred by the department until at least 30 days after the mailing by the department of the notices required by this section. The department may extend the 30-day period specified in the preceding sentence for a period not to exceed an additional 30 days if any entity or official notified pursuant to subdivision (a) makes a written request that states proper grounds for extension. Proper grounds for extension are limited to the requesting agency or official being in the process of preparing either a protest or proposed conditions with respect to the issuance or transfer of a license.