California Senate Bill SB133 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 133INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator McGuire JANUARY 22, 2015 An act to amend Section 24204 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 133, as introduced, McGuire. Alcoholic beverages: licenses: suspension and revocation. Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law requires the Chief of the Bureau of Food and Drug Inspection to notify the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the conviction of any licensee of any violation of the California Pure Foods Act in connection with alcoholic beverages. Existing law requires the department to promptly investigate whether grounds exist for suspension or revocation of the license. This bill would instead require the Director of the State Department of Public Health to notify the department of the conviction of any licensees of any violation of the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law in connection with alcoholic beverages. 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 24204 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 24204. The  Chief of the Bureau of Food and Drug Inspection   Director of the State Department of Public Health  shall immediately notify the department of the conviction of any licensee of any violation of the  California Pure Foods Act   Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law  in connection with alcoholic beverages. The department shall promptly cause an investigation to be made as to whether grounds exist for suspension or revocation of the license of such licensee.