CHAPTER 3. Licenses and Fees [23300. - 23552.]

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152.

§§ 23300–23552 · 193 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. In General §§ 23300–23301 · 3 sections

   • § 23300 No person shall exercise the privilege or perform any act which a licensee may exercise or perform under the authority of a license unless the person is…
   • § 23300.1 (a) A written agreement regarding the sharing or splitting of gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages between a licensee and a district agricultural…
   • § 23301 Any person violating Section 23300 is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that any person, without having a still license, exercising the privileges or performing…
2. ARTICLE 2. Fees §§ 23320–23334 · 15 sections

   • § 23320 (a) An applicant for a new permanent license, which shall not include duplicate licenses, except as provided in paragraph (4), shall accompany the application…
   • § 23320.4 (a) (1) For the purpose of providing economic relief to licensees most severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the department may waive license renewal…
   • § 23320.5 (a) (1) In addition to the annual fees provided for in subdivision (b) of Section 23320, the department shall collect a surcharge of ten dollars ($10). (2)…
   • § 23320.6 (a) The Wine Safety Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury, in trust, to the State Department of Health Services for the purpose of…
   • § 23321 The license for trains shall be issued to a railroad company or other person selling distilled spirits on board trains operating in this State, and a duplicate…
   • § 23321.6 The license for vessels of more than 1,000 tons burden engaged in interstate and foreign commerce shall be issued to a common carrier by water selling…
   • § 23321.7 (a) The on-sale general bona fide public eating place intermittent dockside license for vessels of more than 7,000 tons displacement may be issued for any…
   • § 23325 When the fee for any license is graduated according to the amount of alcoholic beverages produced under the license, the license fee shall be determined solely…
   • § 23327 (a) Persons holding wine growers’ licenses shall report annually at the end of each fiscal year, at the time and in the manner as the department may prescribe,…
   • § 23328 If a licensee neglects or refuses to make a report as required by Section 23327, the department shall make an estimate based upon any information in its…
   • § 23329 If the department is not satisfied with a report required to be filed by Section 23327, it may make an additional assessment of license fees due based upon the…
   • § 23330 Any licensee against whom an assessment is made by the department pursuant to Section 23328 or 23329 may petition for reassessment within 15 days after service…
   • § 23331 If a petition for reassessment is filed within 15 days, the department shall reconsider the assessment and, if the licensee has so requested in his petition,…
   • § 23332 The order or decision of the department upon a petition for reassessment becomes final upon service upon the licensee of notice of the order or decision. All…
   • § 23334 On- or off-sale general licensees shall keep books of accounts in which shall be kept records of all distilled spirits acquired by them, or in lieu thereof…
3. ARTICLE 3. Rights and Obligations of Licensees §§ 23355–23405.4 · 116 sections

   • § 23355 Except as otherwise provided in this division and subject to the provisions of Section 22 of Article XX of the Constitution, the licenses provided for in…
   • § 23355.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the following acts are authorized: (a) Deliveries of distilled spirits by a licensee to a retail licensee…
   • § 23355.2 (a) For purposes of this section, “controlled access alcoholic beverage cabinet” means a closed container, either refrigerated, in whole or in part, or…
   • § 23355.3 (a) A licensee may sponsor or otherwise participate in an event conducted by, and for the benefit of, a nonprofit organization in which retail and nonretail…
   • § 23356 Any manufacturer’s or winegrower’s license authorizes the person to whom it is issued to become a manufacturer or producer of the alcoholic beverage specified…
   • § 23356.1 (a) A winegrower’s license also authorizes the person to whom issued to conduct winetastings of wine produced or bottled by, or produced and packaged for, the…
   • § 23356.2 (a) No license or permit shall be required for the manufacture of beer or wine for personal or family use, and not for sale, by a person over 21 years of age.…
   • § 23356.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, an out-of-state winegrower, after notification to, and approved by, the department, may furnish American…
   • § 23356.5 A wine blender’s license authorizes the person to whom issued to exercise all of the privileges of a winegrower’s license except: (a) To crush and ferment and…
   • § 23356.6 Except as otherwise provided in this act, all provisions in this division pertaining to winegrowers, or to directors, officers, agents and employees of…
   • § 23356.7 Nothing in this division shall be or be construed to be retroactive or to affect the rights of a person holding a winegrower’s license or licenses or…
   • § 23356.8 A licensed wine blender shall not be issued and shall not own or hold, directly or indirectly, any retailer’s license, nor shall the holder of a retailer’s…
   • § 23356.9 A wine blender’s license does not authorize winetasting activities or the conducting or sponsoring of wine tastings either on or off the wine blender’s…
   • § 23357 (a) A licensed beer manufacturer may, at the licensed premises of production, sell to consumers for consumption off the premises beer that is produced and…
   • § 23357.1 An out-of-state beer manufacturer’s certificate authorizes the shipment of beer manufactured without this state to licensed importers within this state. Beer…
   • § 23357.2 (a) An out-of-state beer manufacturer’s certificate may be issued by the department upon the written undertaking and agreement by the applicant: (1) That it…
   • § 23357.3 (a) A beer manufacturer’s license or out-of-state beer manufacturer’s certificate issued to a manufacturer located within the United States authorizes the…
   • § 23357.4 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, an incorporated beer manufacturer’s trade association may conduct beer tastings on behalf of one…
   • § 23358 (a) Licensed winegrowers, notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, may also exercise the following privileges: (1) Sell wine and brandy to any…
   • § 23358.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a winegrower or brandy manufacturer, at his or her licensed premises where the sale of wine or brandy is…
   • § 23358.3 A wine grape grower’s storage license authorizes the holder to store bulk wine, made from grapes produced by the holder, on the premises of a licensed…
   • § 23359 A wine grower’s license also authorizes the manufacture of grape brandy to be used exclusively in the production of wine by its holder on the premises for…
   • § 23360 Licensed brandy manufacturers, notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, may also sell brandy and wine to consumers for consumption off the…
   • § 23361 A person holding a brandy manufacturer’s license may also sell grape brandy, fruit brandy, or spirits of wine to licensed wine growers for use by the latter in…
   • § 23362 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, a licensed winegrower or brandy manufacturer may be issued and may hold an off-sale general license or a…
   • § 23363 Any licensed manufacturer of distilled spirits originally distilled in this State may sell them to any person holding a license authorizing the sale of…
   • § 23363.1 (a) A distilled spirits manufacturer’s license or a craft distiller’s license authorizes the licensee to conduct tastings of distilled spirits produced or…
   • § 23363.2 (a) A distilled spirits manufacturer not licensed in California may designate in writing a California licensee, other than the holder of any retail license, to…
   • § 23363.3 (a) A brandy manufacturer’s license authorizes the licensee to conduct tastings of brandy produced or bottled by, or produced or bottled for, the licensee, on…
   • § 23364 All provisions of this division relating to the sale and delivery of distilled spirits from distilled spirits wholesalers or rectifiers to on- or off-sale…
   • § 23365 Neither a corporation nor a limited partnership required to maintain a register under Section 23405.1 or licensed under Section 23405.2 engaged in the…
   • § 23366 A distilled spirits manufacturer’s agent’s license authorizes any of the following: (a) The possession of distilled spirits in public or private warehouses.…
   • § 23366.1 No distilled spirits manufacturer or any agent thereof shall solicit a consumer to purchase amounts or lots of distilled spirits through a specific retailer.…
   • § 23366.2 An out-of-state distilled spirits shipper’s certificate authorizes the shipment of distilled spirits manufactured without this state to licensed importers…
   • § 23366.3 (a) An out-of-state distilled spirits shipper’s certificate may be issued by the department upon the written undertaking and agreement by the applicant: (1)…
   • § 23366.5 A winegrower’s license, brandy manufacturer’s license, California winegrower’s agent’s license, beer and wine wholesaler’s license or a distilled spirits…
   • § 23367 A still license authorizes the person to whom issued to own or possess the number of stills indicated in the license upon the premises for which issued.
   • § 23368 A rectifier’s license authorizes the person to whom issued to cut, blend, rectify, mix, flavor, and color distilled spirits and wine upon which the excise tax…
   • § 23368.1 A distilled spirits rectifier’s general license authorizes the person to whom issued to cut, blend, rectify, mix, flavor, and color distilled spirits, and…
   • § 23369 In order to qualify for a rectifier’s license, a person shall actually be engaged at the time the license is issued or renewed, or within 30 days thereafter,…
   • § 23370 Nothing in Sections 23368 and 23369 prohibits the issuance of a distilled spirits manufacturer’s agent’s license to any person who is engaged in the bottling…
   • § 23371 A rectifier who also performs the functions of a distilled spirits wholesaler shall comply with all the provisions of this division applicable to a holder of a…
   • § 23372 A wine rectifier’s license authorizes the person to whom issued to cut, blend, rectify, mix, flavor, or color wine upon which the excise tax imposed by Part 14…
   • § 23373 A California winegrower’s agent’s license authorizes any of the following: (a) The possession of wine produced in California and brandy distilled in California…
   • § 23373.1 Neither the holder of any wholesaler’s license nor the holder of any retail license may hold a California winegrower’s agent’s license, except that the holder…
   • § 23373.2 A winegrower or brandy manufacturer may be represented by only one California winegrower’s agent.
   • § 23373.4 A California winegrower’s agent’s license authorizes the holder to furnish samples, to produce and distribute wine lists, to produce and furnish advertising…
   • § 23373.5 Nothing in this division shall preclude the department from taking disciplinary action against a winegrower or brandy manufacturer for any violation of this…
   • § 23374 Any importer’s license authorizes the person to whom issued to become an importer of alcoholic beverages specified in the license, to export the alcoholic…
   • § 23374.5 A distilled spirits importer’s general license authorizes the person to whom issued to become an importer of distilled spirits and to sell distilled spirits to…
   • § 23374.6 A beer and wine importer’s general license authorizes the person to whom issued to become an importer of beer or wine and to sell state tax paid beer or wine…
   • § 23375 (a) A public warehouse license authorizes the storage of alcoholic beverages for the account of another licensee, including storage in a United States customs…
   • § 23375.5 No distilled spirits importer’s general license shall be issued to any person who holds an interest, directly or indirectly, in an on-sale or off-sale general…
   • § 23375.6 No beer and wine importer’s general license shall be issued to any person who holds an interest, directly or indirectly, in any retail license. No retail…
   • § 23376 A customs broker’s license authorizes the transfer to licensed importers of alcoholic beverages brought into the State in United States internal revenue bond…
   • § 23377 A wine broker’s license authorizes the person to whom issued to act as a wine broker, for a fee or commission, in the purchase of wine for or on behalf of a…
   • § 23378 Any wholesaler’s license authorizes the sale of the alcoholic beverage specified in the license only to persons holding licenses issued by the department…
   • § 23378.05 (a) For any sale or offer of sale of beer by a beer wholesaler within the state, the beer wholesaler shall comply with all of the following: (1) Pursuant to…
   • § 23378.1 (a) A California brandy wholesaler’s license may be issued only to the holder of a beer and wine wholesaler’s license, and authorizes the person to whom it is…
   • § 23378.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensed wholesaler or importer may be issued and may hold retail package off-sale beer and wine…
   • § 23379 A beer and wine wholesaler’s license also authorizes the labeling, bottling, or packaging of wine in accordance with and subject to the rules of the State…
   • § 23380 An industrial alcohol dealer’s license authorizes the sale of undenatured ethyl alcohol in packages of more than one gallon for use in the trades, professions,…
   • § 23381 Any manufacturer's, wine grower's, manufacturer’s agent's, rectifier’s or wholesaler’s license authorizes the licensee to: (a) Deal in warehouse receipts, for…
   • § 23382 An offer or agreement to sell distilled spirits, which at the time of the offer or agreement are stored in containers larger than one gallon capacity and the…
   • § 23383 Any manufacturer's, wine grower's, manufacturer’s agent's, importer's, rectifier's, or wholesaler’s license also authorizes the transfer of title to the…
   • § 23384 Any licensed beer manufacturer, wine grower, brandy manufacturer, rectifier, or wholesaler may, in addition to the other privileges exercised under his or her…
   • § 23385 Any distilled spirits manufacturer’s or brandy manufacturer’s license and any rectifier’s license authorizes the sale, in conformity with United States…
   • § 23386 (a) Any manufacturer’s, wine grower’s, manufacturer’s agent’s, rectifier’s, importer’s, or wholesaler’s license also authorizes the giving away of samples of…
   • § 23387 In addition to the other privileges exercised under a wholesaler’s or rectifier’s license, a wholesaler or rectifier may sell the alcoholic beverages mentioned…
   • § 23388 A licensed beer manufacturer or a licensed beer wholesaler, in addition to selling beer at their licensed premises, may sell beer from wagons, trailers, or…
   • § 23389 (a) The department may issue to a beer manufacturer a duplicate of its original license for a location or locations other than its licensed premises of…
   • § 23390 (a) A licensed winegrower or brandy manufacturer, in addition to exercising all the privileges of their license at their licensed premises, may exercise all…
   • § 23390.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “licensed branch office” means a branch office or warehouse, or United States bonded wine cellar, located away from the…
   • § 23391 If a violation of any provision of this division or of any rule of the department is committed in the exercise of the license privileges authorized to be…
   • § 23392 If a violation of any provision of this division or of any rule of the department is committed in connection with the premises where the act of manufacturing…
   • § 23393 A retail package off-sale beer and wine license authorizes the sale, to consumers only and not for resale, of beer in containers, and wine in packages and in…
   • § 23393.5 (a) The department may issue a limited off-sale retail wine license which authorizes the sale of wine by the licensee if all of the following conditions are…
   • § 23394 An off-sale general license includes the privileges specified in Section 23393 and authorizes the sale, to consumers only and not for resale, except to holders…
   • § 23394.5 No privileges under an off-sale general license, except as provided in Section 23106, shall be exercised by the licensee in more than one room or building…
   • § 23394.7 No privileges under an off-sale license shall be exercised by the licensee at any customer-operated checkout stand located on the licensee’s physical premises.
   • § 23395 Nothing in this division prevents the sale, in packages of less than one-half pint, of bitters or other aromatic or flavoring or medicinal preparations, which…
   • § 23396 (a) Any on-sale license authorizes the sale of the alcoholic beverage specified in the license for consumption on the premises where sold. No alcoholic…
   • § 23396.1 (a) An on-sale general license for restricted service lodging establishments authorizes those hotels and motels described in subdivision (b) to sell alcoholic…
   • § 23396.2 (a) An on-sale general license for a wine, food and art cultural museum, and educational center and an on-sale general license for a wine and food cultural…
   • § 23396.3 (a) (1) A brewpub-restaurant license is a retail license which may be issued to a bona fide public eating place, as defined in Section 23038. The licensed…
   • § 23396.5 Notwithstanding any other law, any on-sale licensee that maintains a bona fide eating place in conjunction with such license, any on-sale beer and wine public…
   • § 23396.6 (a) The department may issue to the holder of an off-sale retail license an instructional tasting license at the premises of the off-sale retail license. An…
   • § 23397 Alcoholic beverages may be served on trains, boats, and airplanes under onsale licenses issued for trains, boats, and airplanes, only to passengers or…
   • § 23398 Nothing in this division prevents the purchase or possession in packages of less than one-half pint capacity of bitters or other aromatic or flavoring or…
   • § 23398.5 Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of all of the following: (a) Soju, an imported…
   • § 23398.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, alcoholic beverage sales may occur between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. upon the on-sale licensed premises…
   • § 23399 (a) An on-sale general license authorizes the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits for consumption on the premises where sold. Any licensee under an…
   • § 23399.01 (a) (1) A beer manufacturer licensee may apply to the department for a beer caterer’s permit. A caterer’s permit issued to a beer manufacturer licensee shall…
   • § 23399.03 (a) A winegrower licensee may apply to the department for an estate tasting event permit. If approved by the department, the permit issued to the winegrower…
   • § 23399.1 No license or permit shall be required for the serving and otherwise disposing of alcoholic beverages where all of the following conditions prevail: 1. That…
   • § 23399.2 Premises for which a special onsale general license is issued may be operated only as a club by an organization which meets all the requirements of Section…
   • § 23399.3 (a) An on-sale special beer and wine license for hospitals, convalescent homes, and rest homes, authorizes the sale or service of beer and wine purchased from…
   • § 23399.4 (a) A licensed winegrower may apply to the department for a certified farmers’ market sales permit. A certified farmers’ market sales permit shall authorize…
   • § 23399.45 (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Certified farmers’ market” means a location operated in accordance with Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 47000)…
   • § 23399.5 (a) (1) A license or permit is not required for the serving of alcoholic beverages in a limousine by any person operating a limousine service regulated by the…
   • § 23399.52 (a) The department may create and issue a special on-sale general license to a person who owns or operates a facility that is partially located in the County…
   • § 23399.6 (a) Any licensee under a winegrower’s license may apply to the department for a wine sales event permit. The wine sales event permit shall authorize the sale…
   • § 23399.65 (a) A licensed beer manufacturer may apply to the department for a brewery event permit. A brewery event permit shall authorize the sale of beer produced by…
   • § 23399.7 Any license issued to any golf course facility, or any license issued to a licensee that operates at any golf course facility, entitles the licensee to make…
   • § 23400 An on-sale general license authorizes the purchase and possession of distilled spirits in packages which packages shall conform with standards of fill for…
   • § 23401 An on-sale general license, with respect to beer and wine, and any on-sale license, with respect to the particular beverage or beverages mentioned in the…
   • § 23401.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the holder of an on-sale license for a bona fide public eating place that has off-sale privileges, or a…
   • § 23402 No retail on- or off-sale licensee, except a daily on-sale general licensee holding a license issued pursuant to Section 24045.1, shall purchase alcoholic…
   • § 23402.5 (a) A retail licensee shall not sell or offer for sale any beer that is purchased from a beer manufacturer at the beer manufacturer’s licensed premises under…
   • § 23403 No retail licensee, except a pharmacy or drug store registered with the California State Board of Pharmacy, shall sell or possess on his licensed premises any…
   • § 23404 It is unlawful for any salesman to aid or abet in the violation of any of the provisions of this division or knowingly to become a party, either directly or…
   • § 23405 (a) Any corporation holding a license under this division shall maintain a record of its shareholders at the principal office of the corporation in California…
   • § 23405.1 (a) Any limited partnership holding a license under this division shall maintain a register at the principal office of the limited partnership in California…
   • § 23405.2 (a) Any limited liability company holding a license under this division shall maintain a record of its members at the principal office of the company in…
   • § 23405.3 If a corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company holds, directly or indirectly, 10 percent or more of the ownership of a license issued…
   • § 23405.4 (a) The department is not required to qualify for a license a person who is an investor in a private equity fund that holds an interest in a license, provided…
4. ARTICLE 4. Club Licenses §§ 23425–23438 · 43 sections

   • § 23425 For the purposes of this article “club” means: (a) Any chapter, aerie, parlor, lodge, or other local unit of an American national fraternal organization which…
   • § 23426 For the purposes of this article “club” also means any golf club which owns, maintains, or operates a regular golf links together with a clubhouse thereon; or…
   • § 23426.5 (a) For purposes of this article, “club” also means any tennis club that maintains not less than four regulation tennis courts, together with the necessary…
   • § 23427 For the purposes of this article “club” also means any yacht club which is a nonprofit organization and is a regular member of a recognized national nonprofit…
   • § 23428 For the purposes of this article “club” also means any bar association having an authorized delegate to the American Bar Association and composed entirely of…
   • § 23428.1 For the purposes of this article “club” also means any county medical association having an authorized delegate to the California Medical Association and…
   • § 23428.2 For the purposes of this article “club” also means any rod and gun club which is a nonprofit organization belonging to a recognized national association of rod…
   • § 23428.4 For the purpose of this article, “club” also means any nonprofit social club with at least 100 members, which members are mobilehome owners within a private…
   • § 23428.5 For the purpose of this article “club” also means any press club which is a nonprofit organization and whose members are entitled to exchange privileges with…
   • § 23428.6 For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any association of livestock, or livestock-allied businessmen, joined together as a nonprofit corporation,…
   • § 23428.7 For the purposes of this article “club” also means any bona fide nonprofit corporation, which is a bona fide horse riding club, which is a member of a…
   • § 23428.8 For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West which has as the owner, lessee or occupant thereof…
   • § 23428.9 For the purpose of this article “club” also means any nonprofit social club which serves daily meals to its members and guests, owns or leases, operates and…
   • § 23428.10 For the purposes of this article “club” also means any peace officers association which is composed entirely of active and retired peace officers, which holds…
   • § 23428.11 For the purposes of this article “club” also means any firemen’s association which is composed entirely of active and retired firemen, which holds regular…
   • § 23428.12 For purposes of this article “club” also means any nonprofit social and religious club which owns or leases, operates and maintains a club room or rooms for…
   • § 23428.13 For purposes of this article, “club” also means any club operated by a common carrier by air at an airport terminal. This type of club shall qualify for a…
   • § 23428.14 For purposes of this article, “club” also means any club operated by commissioned or noncommissioned officers of the National Guard or Air National Guard which…
   • § 23428.15 For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any parlor of the American Citizens Club in existence on the effective date of this chapter which the club…
   • § 23428.16 For purposes of this article, “club” also means any nonprofit social luncheon club which is composed entirely of active and retired professional men and…
   • § 23428.17 For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any department or local forum of the American GI Forum of the U.S. which owns or leases, operates and…
   • § 23428.18 For purposes of this article, “club” also means any labor council which is chartered by a national labor organization having affiliates in each state of the…
   • § 23428.19 For purposes of this article, “club” also means any private club organized to play handball or racquetball, which owns, maintains, or operates a building…
   • § 23428.20 (a) For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any bona fide nonprofit corporation that has been in existence for not less than nine years, has more…
   • § 23428.21 For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any local dental society having an authorized delegate to the California Dental Association and composed…
   • § 23428.22 For purposes of this article, “club” also means any nonprofit corporation whose principal purpose is to promote cultural ties and understanding between…
   • § 23428.23 For the purposes of this article “club” also means any letter carriers local which is chartered by a national labor organization having affiliates in each…
   • § 23428.24 For the purposes of this article “club” also means any bona fide nonprofit social organization which has more than 350 members and which has as the owner,…
   • § 23428.25 For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any Hidalgo Society the purpose of which is to operate for the advancement of education for the improvement…
   • § 23428.26 For the purposes of this article, “ club” also means any nonprofit property owners’ association having at least 2,500 members. Such an association must have…
   • § 23428.27 For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any peace officers’ and employees’ association which is composed entirely of active and retired peace…
   • § 23428.28 For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any beach and athletic club that owns, maintains, or operates a standard Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)…
   • § 23428.29 (a) For the purpose of this article, “club” also means a nonprofit umbrella organization established to provide a central meeting location, resources, and…
   • § 23429 A club as defined in this article is a bona fide club within the meaning of Section 22 of Article XX of the Constitution.
   • § 23430 The department may issue one club license to any club as defined in this article.
   • § 23431 The holder of a club license may exercise all of the rights and privileges permitted by an on-sale general license but may sell and serve alcoholic beverages…
   • § 23432 Any club which holds an onsale general license which was originally issued to it prior to April 1, 1947, and which transfers its onsale general license to…
   • § 23433 The department may issue an off-sale license to any golf club which has more than 400 bona fide members, which owns, maintains, or operates a regular golf…
   • § 23433.5 (a) For the purposes of this article, “club” also means any nonprofit lawn bowls club. (b) No license shall be issued to any nonprofit lawn bowls club…
   • § 23434 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, on and after the effective date of this section, no new club license shall be issued to any club…
   • § 23435 On and after January 1, 1980, no new club license shall be issued for any club, organization, or association which does not have at least 100 members and which…
   • § 23437 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no club license issued under this article shall entitle the holder to any off-sale privileges.
   • § 23438 (a) Any alcoholic beverage club licensee which restricts membership or the use of its services or facilities on the basis of ancestry or any characteristic…
5. ARTICLE 5. Veterans’ Club Licenses §§ 23450–23455 · 7 sections

   • § 23450 As used in this article, “veteran” means any person who has served in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, or as an…
   • § 23451 Any post, chapter, camp, or other local unit, composed solely of veterans, of an organization composed solely of veterans which has been chartered by the…
   • § 23452 The department may issue one veterans’ club license to any post, chapter, camp or other local unit described in Section 23451 for the establishment, if…
   • § 23452.5 The department may also issue one veterans’ club license to any veterans’ memorial association which is a nonprofit private corporation organized for…
   • § 23453 (a) The holder of a veterans’ club license may exercise all of the rights and privileges permitted by an on-sale general license but may sell and serve…
   • § 23454 No member and no officer, agent, or employee of a veterans’ club licensee shall be paid or shall directly or indirectly receive, in the form of salary or other…
   • § 23455 The department may revoke any license issued pursuant to this article whenever, in the judgment of the department, the licensee ceases to operate as a bona…
6. ARTICLE 6. Craft Distiller’s Licenses §§ 23500–23508 · 7 sections

   • § 23500 This act shall be known, and may be referenced as, the Craft Distillers Act of 2015.
   • § 23501 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The regulation and licensing of the sale of alcoholic beverages in this state has operated…
   • § 23502 (a) The department may issue a craft distiller’s license to a person that has facilities and equipment for the purposes of, and is engaged in, the commercial…
   • § 23504 Notwithstanding any other provision, a licensed craft distiller may sell up to the equivalent of 4.5 liters in any combination of prepackaged containers per…
   • § 23504.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division to the contrary, a licensed craft distiller, or a qualifying out-of-state distiller whose license is…
   • § 23506 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensed craft distiller or one or more of its direct or indirect subsidiaries of which the…
   • § 23508 (a) A licensed craft distiller may also have upon its licensed premises all beers, wines, and distilled spirits, regardless of source, for sale or service only…
7. ARTICLE 7. Music Venue License §§ 23550–23552 · 2 sections

   • § 23550 For purposes of this article: (a) “On-sale licensee” means a person holding an on-sale general music venue license to serve alcoholic beverages on the premises…
   • § 23552 (a) In addition to the licenses specified in Section 23320, the department may issue a music venue license to sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits at retail…