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CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.51 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.51.

25503.51.  (a) A distilled spirits wholesaler, rectifier, brandy manufacturer, or craft distiller may, without charge, instruct licensees and their employees, or conduct courses of instruction for licensees and their employees, on the subject of distilled spirits, including, but not limited to, the history, nature, values, characteristics, and related terminology of distilled spirits, and the methods of handling, presenting, and serving distilled spirits. The distilled spirits wholesaler, rectifier, brandy manufacturer, or craft distiller may furnish distilled spirits and the equipment, materials, and utensils that may be required for use in connection with the instruction or courses of instruction.(b) The instruction or courses of instruction, authorized pursuant to subdivision (a), may be given at the premises of the distilled spirits wholesaler, rectifier, brandy manufacturer, or craft distiller, or of a licensee, including an on-sale retail licensee, or elsewhere.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 178, Sec. 1. (SB 432) Effective September 25, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.7.

25503.7.  A winegrower, beer manufacturer, or beer and wine wholesaler may serve food and alcoholic beverages to any person, including a person licensed under this division and his or her employees and representatives, who is attending a meeting held upon or who is visiting the premises of the winegrower, beer manufacturer, or beer and wine wholesaler.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 216, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.10.

25503.10.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the department may approve a lease or sublease, or amendments to such lease or sublease, where a manufacturer, manufacturer’s agent, winegrower, California winegrower’s agent, rectifier, importer, or wholesaler is the lessor and a retailer is the lessee when each of the following conditions are incorporated in the lease:(1) The lease is confined to real property and improvements thereon which have become part of the real property.(2) No trade fixtures or other personal property are included in the lease.(3) The rent to be paid by the lessee is not less than the current value for such a lease, which the lessor shall establish by submission of competent proof to the department.(4) The rent is due and payable monthly beginning with the first month of occupancy.(5) Any money received by the lessor from the lessee when the rent is due shall be first applied by the lessor to the payment of the rent.(6) The lessee shall purchase from the lessor no more than 10 percent of his yearly supply of the type of alcoholic beverages sold on his licensed premises. The percentage shall be computed on a calendar-year basis.(b) The original lease and any amendments to the original lease or to an amended lease shall be submitted to the department for its approval.(c) The department may suspend or revoke the license of the lessor or the lessee for violations of any of the above conditions or for any misrepresentation in the terms of the lease. (d) The ownership of shares of stock in a corporation licensed as a retailer under the provisions of this division, when such shares of stock are sold to the general public on any national or local stock exchange, shall not be deemed to be the ownership, either in whole or in part, of the land upon which a retail license issued to such corporation is located. The person who holds such shares of stock shall not be held to be a lessor under the provisions of this section.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 699.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.11.

25503.11.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a manufacturer, manufacturer’s agent, winegrower, rectifier, importer, or wholesaler may hold a diminutive amount of stock in a corporate retail licensee or serve on the board of directors of a corporate off-sale retail licensee, provided the stock ownership or service on the board of directors, as determined by the department, does not result in the exercise of control over the retail licensee’s business and does not result in the exclusion of any competitor’s brand of alcoholic beverages, and provided further that the stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or NASDAQ, and the department is notified of the stock ownership or service on the board of directors.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 639, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.12.

25503.12.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a retail licensee may hold a diminutive amount of stock in a corporate licensed manufacturer, manufacturer’s agent, winegrower, rectifier, importer, or wholesaler, provided that the purpose of the stock ownership by the retail licensee, as determined by the department, is not to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, and provided further that the stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or on NASDAQ, and the department is notified of the stock ownership.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 639, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.13 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.13.

25503.13.  (a) In order to alleviate the adverse economic and social consequences of high unemployment in identifiable urban and rural areas of California, the Legislature finds it in the public interest to encourage the private sector to create new employment and job-training opportunities for low-income persons and establish business enterprises owned and managed by such persons. To provide such opportunities it is necessary for companies with sufficient financial resources, management experience and marketing strength to establish as a principal operating objective the creation of definitive programs for obtaining these goals. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a manufacturer, rectifier, distiller, winegrower or bottler of wine who produces and sells only wine in an area outside of the United States, its territories or possessions and outside of foreign countries having common boundaries with any state of the United States, and who is not licensed in the United States, its territories or possessions, or any officer, director or agent of any such person or a person holding the ownership, directly or indirectly, of any interest in any such manufacturer, rectifier, distiller, winegrower or bottler of wine may have an interest in a person holding an on-sale license, provided, that the wine produced or sold by such manufacturer, rectifier, distiller, winegrower or bottler of wine is not sold, furnished or given, directly or indirectly to such on-sale licensee, provided further, that food shall also be sold at the on-sale premises, and, provided further, that any on-sale license that may be granted under this section shall be conditioned so as to promote, where feasible, the following objectives in accordance with the public policy set forth in subdivision (a) above: (1) The location of a significant number of on-sale premises in or accessible to areas of high unemployment,(2) The employment and management training of low-income individuals, particularly those who, because of race, sex, age or national origin, suffer a rate of unemployment significantly higher than the statewide average and(3) The minority ownership of licensed businesses operating on-sale premises pursuant to a franchise agreement.The department, after consultation with the Secretary of Business and Transportation, the Department of Business and Economic Development, the Chief of the Division of Fair Employment Practices, and the Director of the Employment Development Department, shall adopt such rules as it determines to be necessary for the administration of this section.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1044.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.14 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.14.

25503.14.  Notwithstanding any provision of this division, any retail off-sale general licensee who holds at least 30 such licenses in this state and who also operates at least 50 wholesale grocery warehouses not licensed under this division may hold a beer and wine wholesale license in a state with a population not exceeding 700,000, provided that such licensed wholesale operation does not sell or transfer any alcoholic beverages to licensees of this state.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 407.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.17 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.17.

25503.17.  Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance or transfer of any retail onsale general license to any person with respect to premises which are an integral part of the operations of a school for professional chefs owned by, or operated by or on behalf of, the licensee, notwithstanding that a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, California winegrower’s agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler holds the ownership of any interest, directly or indirectly, in the premises or in the retail licensee, provided that each of the following conditions is met:(a) The school is operated in conjunction with a bona fide eating place open to the public.(b) The school has been in operation in a city with a population of less than one million for at least five years prior to the effective date of this section.(c) The retail licensee shall purchase no beer or distilled spirits for sale in this state other than from a wholesale licensee, and the retail licensee shall purchase no alcoholic beverages for sale in this state from any wholesale licensee holding the ownership of any interest, directly or indirectly, in the premises or in the retail licensee.The Legislature finds that it is necessary and proper to require a separation between manufacturing interests, wholesale interests, and retail interests in the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages in order to prevent suppliers from dominating local markets through vertical integration and to prevent excessive sales of alcoholic beverages produced by overly aggressive marketing techniques. The Legislature further finds that the exception established by this section to the general prohibition against tied interests must be limited to its express terms so as not to undermine the general prohibition, and intends that this section be construed accordingly.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 314, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.18 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.18.

25503.18.  Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance or transfer of any retail offsale beer and wine license to any person with respect to premises which are an integral part of the operations of a school for professional chefs owned by, or operated by or on behalf of, the licensee notwithstanding that a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, California winegrower’s agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler holds the ownership of any interest, directly or indirectly, in the premises or in the retail licensee, provided that each of the following conditions is met:(a) The school is operated in conjunction with a bona fide eating place open to the public.(b) The school has been in operation in a city with a population of less than one million for at least five years prior to the effective date of this section.(c) The retail licensee shall purchase no beer or distilled spirits for sale in this state other than from a wholesale licensee, and the retail licensee shall purchase no alcoholic beverages for sale in this state from any wholesale licensee holding the ownership of any interest, directly or indirectly, in the premises or in the retail licensee.The Legislature finds that it is necessary and proper to require a separation between manufacturing interests, wholesale interests, and retail interests in the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages in order to prevent suppliers from dominating local markets through vertical integration and to prevent excessive sales of alcoholic beverages produced by overly aggressive marketing techniques. The Legislature further finds that the exception established by this section to the general prohibition against tied interests must be limited to its express terms so as not to undermine the general prohibition, and intends that this section be construed accordingly.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 313, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.19 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.19.

25503.19.  (a) Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance or transfer of any retail on-sale general license to any person with respect to passenger cruise ships or lines owned by, or operated by or on behalf of, the licensee, notwithstanding that a manufacturer, winegrower, manfacturer’s agent, California winegrower’s agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler holds the ownership of any interest, directly or indirectly, in the cruise ships or lines or in the retail licensee, subject to the following conditions:(1) Not more than 10 percent of the total gross annual revenues of the cruise ships or lines is derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages.(2) The manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, California winegrower’s agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler shall not influence or attempt to influence decisions concerning the purchase and sale of alcoholic beverages by the retail licensee and those decisions are made solely by the retail licensee.(3) The retail licensee is not required, by agreement or otherwise, to exclude from sale on board its vessels competitive alcoholic beverage products.(4) The retail licensee shall purchase no beer, wine, or distilled spirits for sale in this state other than from a wholesale licensee, and the retail licensee shall purchase no alcoholic beverages for sale in this state from any wholesale licensee holding the ownership of any interest, directly or indirectly, in the cruise ships or lines or in the retail licensee.(b) The Legislature finds that it is necessary and proper to require a separation between manufacturing interests, wholesale interests, and retail interests in the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages in order to prevent suppliers from dominating local markets through verticle integration and to prevent excessive sales of alcoholic beverages produced by overly aggressive marketing techniques. The Legislature further finds that the exception established by this section to the general prohibition against tied interests must be limited to its express terms so as not to undermine the general prohibition, and intends that this section be construed accordingly.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 804, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.20.

25503.20.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, California winegrower’s agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler may hold the ownership of any interest, directly or indirectly in the premises or in the retail licensee, may serve as an officer, director, employee, or agent of that licensee, and may sponsor or fund educational programs, special fundraising and promotional events, improvements in capital projects, and the development of exhibits or facilities of and for the licensee, provided that each of the following conditions is met:(a) The retail license is for a nonprofit school for professional chefs located in Napa County which is operated in conjunction with a bona fide eating place open to the public.(b) The school’s educational program has been accredited by the Board of Regents of the University of California, the State Department of Education, or the Council for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education or other state-authorized accrediting commission.(c) The number of items of beer, wine, or distilled spirits by brand offered for sale by the retail licensee, which are produced, bottled, rectified, distilled, processed, imported, or sold by the licensees holding an interest in, serving as an officer or director of, or sponsoring or funding the programs and projects of the retail licensee, does not exceed 15 percent of the total items of beer, wine, or distilled spirits by brand listed and offered for sale in the bona fide public eating place.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 245, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.21 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.21.

25503.21.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensed manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, California winegrower’s agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler, or any officer, director, or agent of any such person, who prior to July 1, 1987, has entered into an active lease of premises to any holder of an off-sale license, may continue to lease premises or renew or otherwise modify such lease with any holder of an off-sale license so long as the lessor holds no financial interest other than such lease in the business of the lessee.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 116, Sec. 4. Effective May 25, 1988.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.22 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.22.

25503.22.  (a) Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance, transfer, or renewal of any retail license to any person with respect to premises which are owned by, or operated by or on behalf of, the licensee, notwithstanding that a wholesaler licensed to sell alcoholic beverages in states other than California has an interest, directly or indirectly, in the premises, in the retail license or in the retail licensee, provided that each of the following conditions are met:(1) The retail licensee shall purchase no alcoholic beverages for sale in this state other than from a California wholesale licensee, and the retail licensee shall purchase no alcoholic beverages from any manufacturer or wholesale licensee holding the ownership of any interest, directly or indirectly, in the premises, in the retail license or in the retail licensee.(2) Not more than 40 percent of the gross annual revenues of the retailer are derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages.(b) The Legislature finds that it is necessary and proper to require a separation between manufacturing interests, wholesale interests, and retail interests in the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages in order to prevent suppliers from dominating local markets through vertical integration and to prevent excessive sales of alcoholic beverages produced by overly aggressive marketing techniques. The Legislature further finds that the exception established by this section to the general prohibition against tied interests must be limited to its expressed terms so as not to undermine the general prohibition, and intends that this section be construed accordingly.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 412, Sec. 1. Effective September 27, 2008.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.23 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.23.

25503.23.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a beer manufacturer or winegrower may purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee who is the owner of a stadium with a seating capacity in excess of 3,000 seats during the use of the stadium for an annual water ski show.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 124, Sec. 1. Effective June 7, 1990.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 25503.24 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 15 - Tied-House Restrictions|Section 25503.24.

25503.24.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any manufacturer, winegrower, rectifier, distiller, distilled spirits wholesaler, or any officer, director, agent, or representative of any of those entities, may conduct market research and, in connection with that research, the entity conducting the market research may purchase from licensed off-sale retailers data regarding purchases and sales of alcoholic beverage products at the customary rates that those retailers sell similar data for nonalcoholic beverage products subject to the following limitations:(1) A licensed retailer shall not be obligated to purchase or sell the alcoholic beverage products of that manufacturer, winegrower, rectifier, distiller, or distilled spirits wholesaler.(2) A retail premises shall not participate in more than one research project conducted by any single manufacturer, winegrower, rectifier, distiller, or distilled spirits wholesaler during a calendar year. A research project may involve multiple onsite surveys.(3) Nothing in this section shall allow a licensed retailer to require a manufacturer, winegrower, rectifier, distiller, or distilled spirits wholesaler to conduct any market research as a condition for selling alcoholic beverage products to that licensed retailer.(b) Any holder of a beer manufacturer’s license or winegrower’s license who, through coercion or other illegal means, induces, directly or indirectly, a holder of a beer or wine wholesaler’s license to fulfill obligations entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine in an amount equal to the entire value of the market research or time involved in the project, whichever is greater, plus ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both imprisonment and fine. The person shall also be subject to license revocation pursuant to Section 24200.(c) Any retail licensee who, directly or indirectly, solicits or coerces a holder of a beer or wine wholesaler’s license to solicit a beer manufacturer, or holder of a winegrower’s license to fulfill obligations entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine in an amount equal to the entire value of the market research or time involved in the project, whichever is greater, plus ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both imprisonment and fine. The person shall also be subject to license revocation pursuant to Section 24200.(d) For the purposes of this section, “beer manufacturer” includes any holder of a beer manufacturer’s license, any holder of an out-of-state beer manufacturer’s certificate, or any holder of a beer and wine importer’s general license.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 306, Sec. 5. (AB 1589) Effective January 1, 2022.)