{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"25508","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 25508","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 15. Tied-House Restrictions [25500. - 25512.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-9/chapter-15"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any person who held an interest in, or was a member of, a cooperative wholesale grocery company on May 1, 1947, which cooperative holds a distilled spirits wholesaler’s license, may hold and renew his off-sale general license and may acquire an off-sale general license or licenses for bona fide retail grocery store or stores. Any person who is admitted to membership, or acquires an interest, in such a cooperative after May 1, 1947, may hold or acquire off-sale general licenses and shall operate a bona fide retail grocery store at each location at which he holds or acquires an off-sale general license. Any cooperative wholesale grocery company which held a distilled spirits wholesale license on May 1, 1937, may hold and renew the license, notwithstanding its members or some of them hold off-sale general licenses pursuant to this section.</p>","text":"Any person who held an interest in, or was a member of, a cooperative wholesale grocery company on May 1, 1947, which cooperative holds a distilled spirits wholesaler’s license, may hold and renew his off-sale general license and may acquire an off-sale general license or licenses for bona fide retail grocery store or stores. Any person who is admitted to membership, or acquires an interest, in such a cooperative after May 1, 1947, may hold or acquire off-sale general licenses and shall operate a bona fide retail grocery store at each location at which he holds or acquires an off-sale general license. Any cooperative wholesale grocery company which held a distilled spirits wholesale license on May 1, 1937, may hold and renew the license, notwithstanding its members or some of them hold off-sale general licenses pursuant to this section.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/tied-house-restrictions-25508","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}