Alcoholic beverages.

(1) Under existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law requires the department to make an annual report to the Legislature on the department's activities, on or before March 1 of each year. This bill would require the department to post the report on its Internet Web site. (2) Existing law authorizes a person to manufacture beer or wine for personal or family use without the need for a license or permit, as provided. Existing law authorizes the removal of beer from the premises where made for use in competition at organized affairs, exhibitions, or competitions. Existing law authorizes the removal of wine from the premises where made, for use at organized affairs, exhibitions, or competitions, including homemakers' contests, tastings, or judgings, and prohibits that wine from being sold or offered for sale. This bill would revise the limitations on the use of beer and wine produced under the above-described circumstances, to authorize these products to be removed from the premises where made only when used in a bona fide competition or exhibition, for personal or family use, or when donated to a nonprofit organization for sale at a fundraising event, excluding nonprofit organizations that either promote home brewing or home winemaking or that are primarily composed of home brewers or home winemakers, as specified. The bill would require beer or wine donated to a nonprofit organization under the bill to be labeled with designated information, and would otherwise exempt it from complying with existing labeling requirements. (3) Existing law prohibits a licensed wine blender from owning or holding, directly or indirectly, a retailer's license. Existing law also provides that a wine blender's license does not authorize specified wine tasting activities. This bill would remove obsolete references from these provisions. (4) Existing law, until December 1, 2014, authorizes a beer manufacturer, holder of a winegrower's license, a California winegrower's agent, a distilled spirits manufacturer, holder of a distilled spirits rectifiers general license, a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, and a licensed retailer to make monetary or alcoholic beverage contributions to a symphony association, as specified. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of any of its provisions for which another penalty or punishment is not specifically provided is a misdemeanor. This bill would delete the repeal of this provision, thereby authorizing these types of contributions indefinitely. By extending the imposition of an existing crime, this bill imposes a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.