California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 1 - Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control › Article 11 - Applications and Licenses › Section 69 - Drawings for Priority of Obtaining Limited General Alcoholic Beverage Licenses

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				intent of this regulation is to establish the processes and procedures for the
				department to conduct yearly priority drawings pursuant to Business and
				Professions Code section
				23961
				for general licenses in counties throughout the state.
(b) Definitions for use in Title 4 California
				Code of Regulations Sections
				69-69.4:
(1) "Count" means the number of on-sale
				general licenses and off-sale general licenses, including both issued licenses
				and pending applications, within a county that are limited by population
				pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections
				23816
				and
				23817.
(2) "Department" means the California
				Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
(3) "Formal application" means a full
				licensing application for an alcoholic beverage license pursuant to Business
				and Professions Code sections
				23950-
				23954.
(4) "Intercounty transfer" means a transfer
				of either an on-sale general license or an off-sale general license from one
				county in the state to another county in the state.
(5) "Off-sale general license" means any
				alcoholic beverage license described in Business and Professions Code section
				23394
				and
				23826.5.
(6) "On-sale general license" means any
				alcoholic beverage license described in Business and Professions Code sections
				23396,
				23396.1,
				23396.2,
				23396.3,
				23826,
				23826.7,
				23826.9,
				23826.10,
				23826.11,
				23826.12,
				23826.13,
				23826.14,
				23827.
(7) "Population" means the estimated county
				population as determined by Business and Professions Code section
				23818.
(8) "Priority application" means an
				application as prescribed by Title 4 California Code of Regulations section
				69.2 for an individual or entity to
				participate in a priority drawing pursuant to Business and Professions Code
				section
				23821
				and
				23961.
(9) "Priority application period" is the time
				prescribed by Business and Professions Code section
				23821
				that the department will accept priority applications to participate in a
				priority drawing.
(10) "Priority
				drawing" means the random selection of applicants by the department and
				granting applicants priority to apply for on-sale general licenses, off-sale
				general licenses, the intercounty transfer of on-sale general licenses, or the
				intercounty transfer of off-sale general licenses, on a yearly basis pursuant
				to Business and Professions Code section
				23961.
(11) "Priority winner" means a priority
				applicant who is chosen in a priority drawing, or as a replacement for a former
				priority winner, and can submit a formal application to the department for one
				of the limited licenses available in a county.
(12) "Residency" means an individual living
				in California, a California business with valid articles of incorporation, or
				any business registered with the California Secretary of State to do business
				in California.