Alcoholic beverages.

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of licenses for which various annual fees are charged depending upon the type of license issued. The act authorizes the issuance of a veterans' club license authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages, as provided. This bill would revise the definition of a "veteran" for the purposes of the veterans' club license. (2) A public warehouse license authorizes the storage of alcoholic beverages for another licensee, including storage in specified warehouses. This bill would allow the department to issue the holder of a public warehouse license a duplicate of that license for each additional warehouse operated by the licensee, which authorizes the exercise of all the privileges of the original licensee at the additional warehouse or warehouses. (3) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act limits the amount of the consideration that may accompany the intercounty transfer of on-sale and off-sale licenses to not more than $10,000 or $6,000, depending on the date of issue for the license, and lifts those limitations if the transfer occurs after 5 years, as specified. This bill would revise the limitation on the amount of consideration that may accompany an intercounty transfer to no more than the fee for the original on-sale or off-sale license. (4) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act prohibits an off-sale licensee from delivering alcoholic beverages from an order received over the telephone without requiring proof of age and identity when the beverages are delivered. This bill would make this prohibition applicable to orders received via other electronic means. (5) 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 expand existing crimes by imposing additional duties on a licensee under the act, thus the bill would impose 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.