Alcoholic beverage control: licensees: returns.

Under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, a wholesaler or manufacturer may accept the return of beer from a retailer only if the beer is returned in exchange for the identical quantity and brand of beer. Existing law provides for exceptions to that provision, including permitting the return of beer from a seasonal or temporary licensee or an annual licensee operating on a temporary basis, permitting the return of unsold and unopened beer from an organization that obtained a specified temporary license, and permitting the return of beer that is recalled or presents a health and safety issue as provided. This bill would add to the above exceptions, to permit an on-sale retail licensee that obtained a caterer's permit to return unused and unopened beer, purchased for sale at the catered event, to the original selling licensee, as specified.