BILL NUMBER: SB 1163INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Galgiani FEBRUARY 20, 2014 An act relating to alcoholic beverages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1163, as introduced, Galgiani. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control: report. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law requires the department to make an annual report to the Legislature on the department's activities, including information for the previous fiscal year on the number and type of enforcement activities conducted by the department. This bill would require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, on or before June 30, 2015, regarding enforcement staffing levels for district offices, including recommendations on funding levels necessary to support appropriate enforcement staffing levels, as provided. 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. (a) On or before June 30, 2015, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall prepare and submit a report to the Legislature regarding enforcement staffing levels for district offices. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Information detailing appropriate enforcement staffing levels for district offices that takes into consideration the per capita number of retail licenses and current enforcement staffing ratios as compared to historical enforcement staffing to retail licensee ratios. (2) Recommendations regarding the level of funding necessary to support appropriate enforcement staffing levels. (3) Whether priority should be given to district offices that serve communities in high crime areas or areas with an undue concentration of licenses, as defined in Section 23958.4 of the Business and Professions Code. (b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on June 30, 2019.