Alcoholic beverage licenses: nonprofit sales license.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, regulates the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, various alcoholic beverage licenses pursuant to which the licensees may exercise specified privileges in the state. Existing law authorizes the specified licenses to nonprofit organizations, as provided. Existing law also provides for various annual fees for the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses depending upon the type of license issued. This bill would authorize the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue a special nonprofit sales license to a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, as described, that would authorize the licensee to, among other things, accept the transfer of, and take title to, up to 20,000 gallons of wine per year produced by the public university, as described, and sell transferred wine to consumers and licensees, as provided. 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. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for a county of the 28th class.