California Business and Professions Code

§ 23389

BPC § 23389 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 9 · Ch. 3 · Art. 3

Statute text

(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 production or manufacture. A duplicate license issued by the department authorizes the maintenance and operation of each branch office by the beer manufacturer and shall only have the license privileges set forth in this section. The fee for each duplicate license, regardless of type, shall be as specified in Section 23320.

(b)Subject to the limitations set forth in this section, a licensed beer manufacturer may exercise all of the privileges under its manufacturer’s license at branch offices licensed by the department, except for production or manufacture; sales to consumers for consumption on or off the branch office premises, except as provided for in subdivision (c); and the sale of beer and wine to consumers for consumption on the branch office premises where a bona fide public eating place is owned and operated by and for the beer manufacturer, except as provided for in subdivision (c).

(c)(1) A beer manufacturer shall not sell any alcoholic beverages to consumers for consumption on or off the licensed premises, or provide authorized tastings to consumers, at more than eight branch office locations, regardless of how many beer manufacturer licenses are held by the beer manufacturer either alone or under common ownership with any other licensed beer manufacturer, and no more than four of the eight branch locations may be bona fide public eating places owned and operated by and for the beer manufacturer. A branch office location authorized to sell an alcoholic beverage or provide a tasting to consumers for consumption on or off the licensed premises or that is a bona fide public eating place owned and operated by and for the beer manufacturer before the effective date of the act adding this section, shall be counted against the limit imposed by this subdivision. A beer manufacturer licensee shall not be eligible to receive a seventh or an eighth duplicate license authorized under this paragraph until it has held a sixth duplicate license for a minimum of one year.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 962, Sec. 1. (AB 2307) Effective January 1, 2023.