Alcoholic beverage licensees: sports entertainment facilities.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law provides for various annual fees for the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses, depending upon the type of license issued. Existing law additionally authorizes specified alcoholic beverage licensees to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of specified facilities. This bill would authorize the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue an on-sale general for sports entertainment facility bona fide public eating place license (SEF-BFPEP license) that would allow the licensee to sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits at retail for consumption on the premises in a sports entertainment facility, as defined. The bill would impose an original fee and an annual renewal fee for the license, which would be deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund. The bill would also make the above-described provisions relating to the purchase of advertising time and space inoperative as of December 31, 2022, and instead provide for those purchases with revised parameters, including that the parties submit a declaration to the department relating to the agreement to purchase advertising time and space.