CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 656Introduced by Senator HuesoFebruary 22, 2019 An act to amend Section 23106 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 656, as introduced, Hueso. Alcoholic beverages: storage.Existing law permits specified alcoholic beverages to be stored in private warehouses, without the requirement of obtaining a special approval or an additional license, if the applicable taxes imposed on those products have been paid to the state. Existing law imposes a $50 fee for the approval of a private warehouse for the storage of all other alcoholic beverages. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 23106 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:23106. (a) Wine stored in a winery or wine cellar bonded under the internal revenue laws of the United States and brandy in bulk stored in an internal revenue bonded warehouse may be stored by or for any licensee without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space.(b) Beer and wine upon which excise taxes have been paid to the state at the rate fixed under Part 14 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code may be stored by or for any licensee in any private or public warehouse or elsewhere in this state without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space or any special additional license by the licensee.(c) Any other alcoholic beverage may, without the necessity of any an additional license, be stored by or for a licensee in private warehouses approved by the department, if within the limits of the county in which the licensees licensed premises are located, or in a public warehouse within that county, or may be stored in bond in a public warehouse outside that county if the public warehouse is also a United States customs bonded warehouse, a United States internal revenue bonded warehouse, or a United States bonded wine cellar. An application for the approval of a private warehouse shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50). CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 656Introduced by Senator HuesoFebruary 22, 2019 An act to amend Section 23106 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 656, as introduced, Hueso. Alcoholic beverages: storage.Existing law permits specified alcoholic beverages to be stored in private warehouses, without the requirement of obtaining a special approval or an additional license, if the applicable taxes imposed on those products have been paid to the state. Existing law imposes a $50 fee for the approval of a private warehouse for the storage of all other alcoholic beverages. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 656 Introduced by Senator HuesoFebruary 22, 2019 Introduced by Senator Hueso February 22, 2019 An act to amend Section 23106 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 656, as introduced, Hueso. Alcoholic beverages: storage. Existing law permits specified alcoholic beverages to be stored in private warehouses, without the requirement of obtaining a special approval or an additional license, if the applicable taxes imposed on those products have been paid to the state. Existing law imposes a $50 fee for the approval of a private warehouse for the storage of all other alcoholic beverages. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision. Existing law permits specified alcoholic beverages to be stored in private warehouses, without the requirement of obtaining a special approval or an additional license, if the applicable taxes imposed on those products have been paid to the state. Existing law imposes a $50 fee for the approval of a private warehouse for the storage of all other alcoholic beverages. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 23106 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:23106. (a) Wine stored in a winery or wine cellar bonded under the internal revenue laws of the United States and brandy in bulk stored in an internal revenue bonded warehouse may be stored by or for any licensee without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space.(b) Beer and wine upon which excise taxes have been paid to the state at the rate fixed under Part 14 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code may be stored by or for any licensee in any private or public warehouse or elsewhere in this state without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space or any special additional license by the licensee.(c) Any other alcoholic beverage may, without the necessity of any an additional license, be stored by or for a licensee in private warehouses approved by the department, if within the limits of the county in which the licensees licensed premises are located, or in a public warehouse within that county, or may be stored in bond in a public warehouse outside that county if the public warehouse is also a United States customs bonded warehouse, a United States internal revenue bonded warehouse, or a United States bonded wine cellar. An application for the approval of a private warehouse shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50). The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 23106 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:23106. (a) Wine stored in a winery or wine cellar bonded under the internal revenue laws of the United States and brandy in bulk stored in an internal revenue bonded warehouse may be stored by or for any licensee without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space.(b) Beer and wine upon which excise taxes have been paid to the state at the rate fixed under Part 14 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code may be stored by or for any licensee in any private or public warehouse or elsewhere in this state without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space or any special additional license by the licensee.(c) Any other alcoholic beverage may, without the necessity of any an additional license, be stored by or for a licensee in private warehouses approved by the department, if within the limits of the county in which the licensees licensed premises are located, or in a public warehouse within that county, or may be stored in bond in a public warehouse outside that county if the public warehouse is also a United States customs bonded warehouse, a United States internal revenue bonded warehouse, or a United States bonded wine cellar. An application for the approval of a private warehouse shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50). SECTION 1. Section 23106 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: ### SECTION 1. 23106. (a) Wine stored in a winery or wine cellar bonded under the internal revenue laws of the United States and brandy in bulk stored in an internal revenue bonded warehouse may be stored by or for any licensee without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space.(b) Beer and wine upon which excise taxes have been paid to the state at the rate fixed under Part 14 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code may be stored by or for any licensee in any private or public warehouse or elsewhere in this state without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space or any special additional license by the licensee.(c) Any other alcoholic beverage may, without the necessity of any an additional license, be stored by or for a licensee in private warehouses approved by the department, if within the limits of the county in which the licensees licensed premises are located, or in a public warehouse within that county, or may be stored in bond in a public warehouse outside that county if the public warehouse is also a United States customs bonded warehouse, a United States internal revenue bonded warehouse, or a United States bonded wine cellar. An application for the approval of a private warehouse shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50). 23106. (a) Wine stored in a winery or wine cellar bonded under the internal revenue laws of the United States and brandy in bulk stored in an internal revenue bonded warehouse may be stored by or for any licensee without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space.(b) Beer and wine upon which excise taxes have been paid to the state at the rate fixed under Part 14 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code may be stored by or for any licensee in any private or public warehouse or elsewhere in this state without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space or any special additional license by the licensee.(c) Any other alcoholic beverage may, without the necessity of any an additional license, be stored by or for a licensee in private warehouses approved by the department, if within the limits of the county in which the licensees licensed premises are located, or in a public warehouse within that county, or may be stored in bond in a public warehouse outside that county if the public warehouse is also a United States customs bonded warehouse, a United States internal revenue bonded warehouse, or a United States bonded wine cellar. An application for the approval of a private warehouse shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50). 23106. (a) Wine stored in a winery or wine cellar bonded under the internal revenue laws of the United States and brandy in bulk stored in an internal revenue bonded warehouse may be stored by or for any licensee without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space.(b) Beer and wine upon which excise taxes have been paid to the state at the rate fixed under Part 14 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code may be stored by or for any licensee in any private or public warehouse or elsewhere in this state without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space or any special additional license by the licensee.(c) Any other alcoholic beverage may, without the necessity of any an additional license, be stored by or for a licensee in private warehouses approved by the department, if within the limits of the county in which the licensees licensed premises are located, or in a public warehouse within that county, or may be stored in bond in a public warehouse outside that county if the public warehouse is also a United States customs bonded warehouse, a United States internal revenue bonded warehouse, or a United States bonded wine cellar. An application for the approval of a private warehouse shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50). 23106. (a) Wine stored in a winery or wine cellar bonded under the internal revenue laws of the United States and brandy in bulk stored in an internal revenue bonded warehouse may be stored by or for any licensee without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space. (b) Beer and wine upon which excise taxes have been paid to the state at the rate fixed under Part 14 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code may be stored by or for any licensee in any private or public warehouse or elsewhere in this state without the necessity of any license by the person furnishing or providing the storage space or any special additional license by the licensee. (c) Any other alcoholic beverage may, without the necessity of any an additional license, be stored by or for a licensee in private warehouses approved by the department, if within the limits of the county in which the licensees licensed premises are located, or in a public warehouse within that county, or may be stored in bond in a public warehouse outside that county if the public warehouse is also a United States customs bonded warehouse, a United States internal revenue bonded warehouse, or a United States bonded wine cellar. An application for the approval of a private warehouse shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50).