California Business and Professions Code

§ 25503.16

BPC § 25503.16 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 9 · Ch. 15

Statute text

(a)Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance or transfer of any retail on-sale or off-sale license to any person with respect to premises which are an integral part of the operations of a hotel, motel, or marine park owned by, or operated by or on behalf of, the licensee notwithstanding that a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, California winegrower’s agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, wholesaler, or out-of-state distilled spirits shipper has any interest, directly or indirectly, in the premises, in the retail license, or in the retail licensee, and notwithstanding that the issuance or transfer would otherwise result in a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 25500, subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 25501, or Section 25502, if each of the following conditions is met:

(1)In the case of a hotel or motel, the hotel or motel consists of not less than 25 guestroom accommodations.

(2)No more than one-quarter of the total gross annual revenues of the hotel, motel, or marine park is derived from the sale by the hotel, motel, or marine park of alcoholic beverages.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 517, Sec. 1. (SB 461) Effective January 1, 2018.