Alcoholic beverage licensees: on-sale general licenses for bona fide eating places.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. The act imposes a limitation on the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located, as provided. This bill would authorize the department to issue up to 10 additional new original on-sale general licenses for bona fide public eating places in the first calendar year following any year in which the county reaches the limit on on-sale general licenses, subject to specified provisions. The bill would authorize the county board of supervisors, by resolution submitted to the department on or before July 1, to limit the maximum number of additional licenses issued in the county pursuant to the bill's provisions in that year, as specified. The bill would authorize the department to designate licenses issued pursuant to the bill's provisions as on-sale general for special use.