{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"23774","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23774","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [23000. - 25762.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses [23770. - 23827.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-9/chapter-5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. In General [23770. - 23794.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-9/chapter-5/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The provisions of Sections <a href=\"/bpc/23771\">23771</a> and <a href=\"/bpc/23772\">23772</a> do not prevent the issuance of a distilled spirits wholesale license to any person who, on July 1, 1937, owned or operated a business which for five years immediately preceding that date had maintained and operated in this State a bona fide jobbing and distributing establishment for the sale to retail dealers of goods, wares, and merchandise, the major portion of which business at a time five years preceding July 1, 1937, was goods, wares, and merchandise other than alcoholic beverages.</p>","text":"The provisions of Sections 23771 and 23772 do not prevent the issuance of a distilled spirits wholesale license to any person who, on July 1, 1937, owned or operated a business which for five years immediately preceding that date had maintained and operated in this State a bona fide jobbing and distributing establishment for the sale to retail dealers of goods, wares, and merchandise, the major portion of which business at a time five years preceding July 1, 1937, was goods, wares, and merchandise other than alcoholic beverages.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/in-general-23774","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}