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CA Bus & Prof Code § 23433.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 4 - Club Licenses|Section 23433.5.

23433.5.  (a) For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any nonprofit lawn bowls club.(b) No license shall be issued to any nonprofit lawn bowls club qualifying as a club pursuant to this section if the nonprofit lawn bowls club in any manner restricts membership or the use of its facilities on the basis of age or any characteristic listed or defined in subdivision (b) or (e) of Section 51 of the Civil Code.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 273, Sec. 1. (AB 2793) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23434 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 4 - Club Licenses|Section 23434.

23434.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, on and after the effective date of this section, no new club license shall be issued to any club which is not a nonprofit organization.(b) On and after the effective date of this section, no club license shall be issued to a nonprofit corporation pursuant to a law enacted after the effective date of this section unless the nonprofit corporation engages in at least some volunteer action for the community of which it is a part.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1070.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23435 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 4 - Club Licenses|Section 23435.

23435.  On and after January 1, 1980, no new club license shall be issued for any club, organization, or association which does not have at least 100 members and which has not been in existence for at least one year.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 128.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23437 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 4 - Club Licenses|Section 23437.

23437.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no club license issued under this article shall entitle the holder to any off-sale privileges.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1070.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23438 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 4 - Club Licenses|Section 23438.

23438.  (a) Any alcoholic beverage club licensee which restricts membership or the use of its services or facilities on the basis of ancestry or any characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code, except for genetic information, shall, when issuing a receipt for expenses which may otherwise be used by taxpayers for deduction purposes pursuant to Section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, for purposes of the Personal Income Tax Law, or Section 24343 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, for purposes of the Bank and Corporation Tax Law, incorporate a printed statement on the receipt as follows:“The expenditures covered by this receipt are nondeductible for state income tax purposes or franchise tax purposes.”(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Expenses” means expenses, as defined in Section 17269 or 24343.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.(2)  “Club” means a club holding an alcoholic beverage license pursuant to the provisions of this division, except a club holding an alcoholic beverage license pursuant to Section 23425.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 261, Sec. 2. (SB 559) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23450 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 5 - Veterans Club Licenses|Section 23450.

23450.  As used in this article, “veteran” means any person who has served in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or as an active nurse in the service of the American Red Cross, or in the Army and Navy Nurse Corps in time of war, or in any expedition of the Armed Forces of the United States, or who served in one of these services during the period September 16, 1940, to December 7, 1941, and received a discharge under conditions other than dishonorable.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 337, Sec. 2. (SB 818) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23451 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 5 - Veterans Club Licenses|Section 23451.

23451.  Any post, chapter, camp, or other local unit, composed solely of veterans, of an organization composed solely of veterans which has 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, as the owner, lessee, or occupant thereof, operated an establishment for any such purpose for not less than one year, is a bona fide club within the meaning of Section 22 of Article XX of the Constitution and of this division.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23452 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 5 - Veterans Club Licenses|Section 23452.

23452.  The department may issue one veterans’ club license to any post, chapter, camp or other local unit described in Section 23451 for the establishment, if otherwise satisfactory, where the post, chapter, camp, or other local unit maintains its club.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1221.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23452.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 5 - Veterans Club Licenses|Section 23452.5.

23452.5.  The department may also issue one veterans’ club license to any veterans’ memorial association which is a nonprofit private corporation organized for patriotic, fraternal, or benevolent purposes, composed solely of veterans, and which has more than 18,000 bona fide regular members, and which owns, leases, maintains, or operates a clubhouse and has continuously operated a clubhouse for not less than three years.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 597.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23453 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 5 - Veterans Club Licenses|Section 23453.

23453.   (a) The holder of a veterans’ club license may exercise all of the rights and privileges permitted by an on-sale general license but may sell and serve alcoholic beverages for consumption within the licensed establishment only to bona fide members of the veterans’ organization and their bona fide guests, bona fide members of other veterans’ organizations, active duty or reserve members of the Armed Forces, or veterans as defined in Section 18540.4 of the Government Code.(b) A veterans’ club license is not transferable to another person from the person to whom issued or by whom renewed. The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 23815) of Chapter 5 do not apply to the issuance of veterans’ club licenses.(c) A bona fide member of a veterans’ organization, bona fide guest, active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces, or veteran is not required to sign in to a roster before purchasing or being served alcoholic beverages for consumption.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 423, Sec. 1. (SB 685) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23454 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 5 - Veterans Club Licenses|Section 23454.

23454.  No member and no officer, agent, or employee of a veterans’ club licensee shall be paid or shall directly or indirectly receive, in the form of salary or other compensation, any of the profits from the distribution or sale of alcoholic beverages to the licensee or to the members of the licensee or its guests, beyond the amount of such salary as may be fixed and voted at any regular meeting by the members of the licensee or by its governing body out of the general revenue of the local unit.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23455 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 5 - Veterans Club Licenses|Section 23455.

23455.  The department may revoke any license issued pursuant to this article whenever, in the judgment of the department, the licensee ceases to operate as a bona fide club.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 447.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 6 - Craft Distiller s Licenses|Section 23500.

23500.  This act shall be known, and may be referenced as, the Craft Distillers Act of 2015.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 640, Sec. 2. (AB 1295) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 6 - Craft Distiller s Licenses|Section 23501.

23501.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The regulation and licensing of the sale of alcoholic beverages in this state has operated for over 80 years under what is commonly referred to as the “three-tier system,” which generally prohibits vertical integration within the distilled spirits industry. This system has helped in protecting against undue marketing influences within the distilled spirits industry and assisted the goals of promoting temperance and reasonable regulation of the sale of distilled spirits within the state. In addition, this system has helped create thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic development within California.(b) Small craft distillers have begun to operate in this state, and these craft distillers have begun to increase employment and provide jobs and economic development in various locations within the state.(c) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this act, to encourage the development of the craft distilling industry within the state by enacting various limited exemptions to the general provisions of the three-tier system, while also continuing to uphold and support the three-tier system as the appropriate mechanism for regulating and licensing the sale of distilled spirits in California.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 640, Sec. 2. (AB 1295) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 6 - Craft Distiller s Licenses|Section 23504.

23504.  Notwithstanding any other provision, a licensed craft distiller may sell up to the equivalent of 2.25 liters in any combination of prepackaged containers per day per consumer of distilled spirits manufactured or produced by the licensee at its premises to a consumer.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 695, Sec. 4. (SB 1164) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 6 - Craft Distiller s Licenses|Section 23506.

23506.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensed craft distiller or one or more of its direct or indirect subsidiaries of which the licensed craft distiller owns not less than a 51-percent interest, who manufactures or produces, bottles, processes, imports, or sells distilled spirits under a craft distiller’s license or any other license issued pursuant to this division, or any officer or director of, or any person holding any interest in, those persons may serve as an officer or director of, and may hold the ownership of any interest or any financial or representative relationship in, any on-sale license, or the business conducted under that license, provided that, except in the case of a holder of on-sale general licenses for airplanes and duplicate on-sale general licenses for air common carriers, all of the following conditions are met:(1) The on-sale licensee purchases all alcoholic beverages sold and served only from California wholesale licensees.(2) The number of distilled spirits items by brand offered for sale by the on-sale licensee that are manufactured, produced, bottled, processed, imported, or sold by the licensed craft distiller or by the subsidiary of which the licensed craft distiller owns not less than 51 percent, or by any officer or director of, or by any person holding any interest in, those persons does not exceed 15 percent of the total distilled spirits items by brand listed and offered for sale by the on-sale licensee selling and serving that distilled spirit. Notwithstanding paragraph (1), distilled spirits sold pursuant to this provision may be purchased from a California licensed craft distiller so long as the distilled spirits purchased are produced or bottled by, or produced and packaged for, the same licensed craft distiller that holds an interest in the on-sale license and such direct sales do not involve more than two on-sale licenses in which the licensed craft distiller or any person holding an interest in the licensed craft distiller holds any interest, directly or indirectly, either individually or in combination or together with each other in the aggregate.(3) None of the persons specified in this section may have any of the interests specified in this section in more than two on-sale licenses.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensee that has an interest in one or more on-sale retail licenses pursuant to this section may continue to hold that interest in the event the licensee no longer qualifies as a craft distiller, provided that the interest was held, or an application was pending, at a time when the licensee did hold a craft distiller’s license pursuant to Section 23502. Nothing in this subdivision is intended to prevent the department from denying a pending application for any reason other than the change in license of the licensee.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 423, Sec. 4. (AB 2913) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 3 - Licenses and Fees|ARTICLE 6 - Craft Distiller s Licenses|Section 23508.

23508.  (a) A licensed craft distiller may also have upon its licensed premises all beers, wines, and distilled spirits, regardless of source, for sale or service only to guests during private events or private functions not open to the general public. Alcoholic beverage products sold at the premises that are not manufactured or produced and bottled by, or manufactured or produced and packaged for, the licensed craft distiller shall be purchased by the licensed craft distiller only from a licensed wholesaler.(b) A licensed craft distiller may sell all beers, wines, brandies, or distilled spirits to consumers for consumption on the premises in a bona fide eating place as defined in Section 23038, which is located on the licensed premises or on premises owned by the licensee that are contiguous licensed premises and which is operated by and for the licensee, provided that any alcoholic beverage products not manufactured or produced by the licensee must be purchased from a licensed wholesaler. Beer, wine, and brandy may be used in the preparation of food and beverages in the bona fide public eating place for consumption on the premises.(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, in the event that the licensee no longer qualifies as a craft distiller due to the amount of distilled spirits reported pursuant to Section 23502, the licensee may continue to hold the privileges granted by this section.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 423, Sec. 5. (AB 2913) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23770 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 23770.

23770.  A winegrower’s license, or a wine blender’s license, whichever is appropriate to the operations to be conducted on the licensed premises, shall be issued only to, or held by, a person qualified to operate or operating a winery or wine cellar bonded under the internal revenue laws of the United States. Every person operating, or authorized under the internal revenue laws of the United States to operate, a winery or wine cellar bonded under the internal revenue laws of the United States shall apply for, and hold, a winegrower’s or wine blender’s license, as may be appropriate for operations conducted on the licensed premises.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 499.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23771 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 23771.

23771.  Except as provided in Section 23771.5, a distilled spirits license of any kind, except a distilled spirits manufacturer’s, a craft distiller’s, or a distilled spirits manufacturer’s agent’s license, shall not be issued to any person, or to any officer, director, employee, or agent of any person that manufactures distilled spirits within or without this state.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 695, Sec. 5. (SB 1164) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23771.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 23771.5.

23771.5.  Section 23771 does not prevent a licensed craft distiller from holding a distilled spirits license authorizing the importing of distilled spirits, provided, however, that any distilled spirits imported by the licensee shall only be used by the licensee to manufacture or produce distilled spirits pursuant to Section 23502.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 423, Sec. 6. (AB 2913) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23772 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 23772.

23772.  (a) A distilled spirits manufacturer’s or distilled spirits manufacturer’s agent’s license shall not be held by any person that holds any ownership or interest, directly or indirectly, by stock ownership, interlocking directors, trusteeship, loan, mortgage, or lien on any personal or real property, or otherwise, in any craft distiller’s, distilled spirits wholesaler’s, rectifier’s, or retailer’s license.(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the financial or representative relationship between a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler, or any officer, director, or agent of that person, and a person holding only one of the following types of licenses:(1) On-sale general license for a bona fide club.(2) Club license (issued under Article 4 (commencing at Section 23425) of Chapter 3).(3) Veterans’ club license (issued under Article 5 (commencing at Section 23450) of Chapter 3).(4) On-sale license for boats, trains, sleeping cars, or airplanes where the alcoholic beverages produced or sold by the manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, rectifier, bottler, importer, or wholesaler or any officer, director, or agent of that person are not sold, furnished, or given, directly or indirectly, to the on-sale licensee.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 640, Sec. 4. (AB 1295) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23773 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 23773.

23773.  The provisions of Sections 23771 and 23772 do not prevent agents or employees of a distilled spirits manufacturer located without this State from soliciting orders for distilled spirits within the State.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23774 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 23774.

23774.  The provisions of Sections 23771 and 23772 do not prevent the issuance of a distilled spirits wholesale license to any person who, on July 1, 1937, owned or operated a business which for five years immediately preceding that date had maintained and operated in this State a bona fide jobbing and distributing establishment for the sale to retail dealers of goods, wares, and merchandise, the major portion of which business at a time five years preceding July 1, 1937, was goods, wares, and merchandise other than alcoholic beverages.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23775 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 23775.

23775.  An importer’s license shall be issued only to a person or manufacturer who holds a license authorizing the sale for resale of the types of alcoholic beverages mentioned in the importer’s license.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23776 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 23776.

23776.  A wholesaler’s license shall not be issued or renewed to any on-sale or off-sale licensee, except that:(1) A wholesaler’s license restricted to sales to on-sale licensees may be issued or renewed to an on-sale licensee in counties not to exceed 15,000 population, or(2) If restricted to the wholesaler’s sale of wine, a beer and wine wholesaler’s license may be renewed for the holder of an off-sale beer and wine licensee who on December 31, 1987, held an off-sale beer and wine license and a beer and wine wholesaler’s license, provided that the beer and wine wholesaler’s license restricted to the wholesaler’s sale of wine can only be transferred to the holder of a beer and wine wholesaler’s license restricted to the wholesaler’s sale of wine on the date of transfer.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 284, Sec. 2. Effective July 7, 1988.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23777 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 23777.

23777.  No off-sale general license shall be renewed or issued to a distilled spirits wholesaler whose premises are located in a city having a population of 50,000 or more, as shown by the 1940 federal census, or to a distilled spirits wholesaler who sells distilled spirits to licensees whose premises are located in any city having a population of 50,000 or more, as shown by the 1940 federal census.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 23778 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES|CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 23778.

23778.  A distilled spirits wholesaler’s license shall not be held by any person unless at all times throughout the license year he has on his wholesale premises a reasonable stock of distilled spirits, as determined by the department, for which he has fully paid lawful money or its equivalent.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 447.)