California Senate Bill SB1040 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1040INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Evans FEBRUARY 18, 2014 An act to amend Section 25237 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1040, as introduced, Evans. Alcoholic beverages: wine labeling. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act makes it unlawful to make any representation that a wine is produced entirely from grapes grown in specified counties unless the representation is true. The act specifies that those provisions apply to representations made on labels, advertising matter, letterheads, invoices, tags, signs, business cards, and all other representations of any kind whether oral, written, or printed. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor. This bill would additionally provide that these provisions apply to representations made on bottles and to representations made in an electronic form. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 25237 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 25237. It is unlawful to make any representation that a wine is produced entirely from grapes grown in the counties mentioned in Section 25236 unless the representation is true. This section  applies   shall apply  to representations made on labels,  bottles,  advertising matter, letterheads, invoices, tags, signs, business cards, and all other representations of any kind  whether   that are  oral, written,  electronic,  or printed. SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.