Alcoholic beverages: revenue sharing.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administrated by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law establishes specified types of alcoholic beverage licenses and prescribes the rights and duties of the respective licensees. Existing law prohibits a person from exercising a privilege or performing any act for which a license is required, and a violation of this prohibition a misdemeanor or a felony, as specified. This bill would specify that a written agreement regarding the sharing or splitting of gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages between a licensee and a district agricultural association, the California Exposition and State Fair, a county fair, or a citrus fruit fair, in connection with the sale of alcoholic beverages during a state or county fair is not the exercise of a license privilege or performance of an act for which a license is required, except as specified.