AB 2580: Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: exceptions.
- Session Year: 2021-2022
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2022-02-18
Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law, known as tied-house restrictions, generally prohibits a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturers agent, rectifier, California winegrowers agent, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler, or any officer, director, or agent of any of those licensees, from giving or lending money or a thing of value to a person operating, owning, or maintaining any on-sale premises where alcoholic beverages are sold. Existing law creates a variety of exceptions to tied-house restrictions, including for specified places and activities.
This bill would create an exception from tied-house restrictions for a hotel consisting of not less than 25 guestroom accommodations with an outdoor piazza or motor court of approximately 9,000 square feet located on Sunset Boulevard in the City of West Hollywood. In this regard, the bill would authorize a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturers agent, California winegrowers agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, wholesaler, or out-of-state distilled spirits shipper to purchase advertising space and time in connection with the hotel if specified conditions are met.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of West Hollywood.
(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturers agent, California winegrowers agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, wholesaler, or out-of-state distilled spirits shipper may purchase advertising space and time in connection with a hotel that consists of not less than 25 guestroom accommodations with an outdoor piazza or motor court of approximately 9,000 square feet located on Sunset Boulevard in the City of West Hollywood, if all the following conditions are met:
(1)Purchased advertising space and time shall be for advertising on the exterior of the hotel building.
(2)Purchased advertising space and time shall not refer to any retailer name or business.
(3)An agreement to purchase advertising space and time shall not require, directly or indirectly, the purchase or sale of the advertisers products by any retailer. Every retailer located at the hotel shall offer for sale, in a bona fide manner, alcoholic beverages manufactured, produced, or distributed by competing manufacturers, winegrowers, manufacturers agents, California winegrowers agents, rectifiers, distillers, bottlers, importers, wholesalers, or out-of-state distilled spirits shippers.
(b)The Legislature finds that it is necessary and proper to require a separation between manufacturing interests, wholesale interests, and retail interests in the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages in order to prevent suppliers from dominating local markets through vertical integration and to prevent excessive sales of alcoholic beverages produced by overly aggressive marketing techniques. The Legislature further finds that the exceptions established by this section to the general prohibition against tied interests must be limited to their express terms so as not to undermine the general prohibition, and intends that this section be construed accordingly.
SEC. 2.The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances and conditions applicable to a specific establishment located on Sunset Boulevard in the City of West Hollywood.
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| Mar 10, 2022 | Referred to Com. on G.O. |
| Feb 19, 2022 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 21. |
| Feb 18, 2022 | Introduced. To print. |
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