California Senate Bill SB905 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 905AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 7, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Senator  Berryhill   Bates  JANUARY 25, 2016 An act to  amend   add  Section  19424 of   23428.29 to  the Business and Professions Code, relating to  horse racing.   alcoholic beverage control.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 905, as amended,  Berryhill   Bates  .  Horse racing: California Horse Racing Board.   Alcoholic beverage control: club licenses.   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administrated by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, defines and regulates the issuance of various types of licenses authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages, including a club license. Existing law authorizes the holder of a club license to exercise the rights of a on-sale general licensee, but limits sale and service of alcoholic beverages to members of the club and their guests. Existing law defines different clubs in this context.   This bill would define a club, for the purposes described above, to also include a nonprofit umbrella organization established to provide a central meeting location, resources, and services for veterans, including those on active duty, and that owns or leases, operates, and maintains a facility for these purposes. The bill would require the organization to serve at least 6 veteran organizations, as specified.   The Horse Racing Law provides that no member of the California Horse Racing Board is disqualified from receiving a share of any purse awarded him as the result of any horse race as an owner of a horse or as a breeder of a California-bred horse.   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 23428.29 is added to the   Business and Professions Code   , to read:   23428.29. For the purpose of this article, "club" also means a nonprofit umbrella organization established to provide a central meeting location, resources, and services specifically for veterans, including those on active duty, and that owns or leases, operates, and maintains a facility for these purposes. The nonprofit umbrella organization shall serve at least six veteran organizations, composed solely of veterans, that have been chartered by the Congress of the United States for patriotic, fraternal, or benevolent purposes and which post, chapter, camp, or other local unit has operated as such for not less than one year. It shall be unlawful for any club licensed pursuant to this section to make any discrimination, distinction, or restriction against any person on account of the person's color, race, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, or age.   SECTION 1.   Section 19424 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 19424. A board member is not disqualified from receiving a share of a purse awarded him or her as the result of a horse race as an owner of a horse or as a breeder of a California-bred horse.