BILL NUMBER: AB 893	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mark Stone
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Levine,   Maienschein,   and McCarty 
 ) 

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 25203.5 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 893, as amended, Mark Stone. Beer: labels.
   The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act imposes various requirements
relating to the labels and containers of alcoholic beverages sold
within the state, including a requirement that every manufacturer or
bottler of beer whose beer is sold within the state file with the
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control the brand name or names
under which the beer is sold or labeled, as provided. The act
provides that a violation of its provisions is a misdemeanor if not
otherwise specified.
   This bill would prohibit beer from being imported into, or sold
within, this state unless the label for that beer is first filed with
the department, in accordance with any rules and regulations of the
department, and would provide that a violation of this provision does
not subject the licensee to civil or criminal provisions pursuant to
the act.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25203.5 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   25203.5.  (a) Beer shall not be imported into, or sold within,
this state unless the label for that beer is first filed with the
department, in accordance with any rules and regulations of the
department.
   (b) The department may accept the filing of labels by any means it
determines are appropriate, including filing by mail or electronic
filing.  For the purpose of insuring  To ensure
 consistency in the filings, the department may promulgate
guidelines by rules and regulations establishing the label
information it deems necessary. The adoption of these rules and
regulations shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code.
   (c) The department may elect to waive all or part of any fees paid
or incurred by licensees in filing labels as required pursuant to
this part.
   (d) A violation of this section shall not subject the licensee to
any civil or criminal penalties pursuant to this division.