California Business and Professions Code

§ 25503.37

BPC § 25503.37 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 9 · Ch. 15

Statute text

(a)Nothing in this division shall prohibit the issuance, transfer, or renewal of any retail on-sale license to any person with respect to premises that are an integral part of an interactive entertainment facility and are owned directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, 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, or wholesaler has any interest, directly or indirectly, in the premises, in the retail license, or in the retail licensee, if all of the following conditions are met:

(1)The principal business conducted within the facility is providing interactive entertainment, not the sale of alcoholic beverages.

(2)Other than as permitted in Sections 23358 and 23360 with respect to wine and brandy, the retail licensee shall purchase no beer, wine, or distilled spirits for sale in this state other than from a wholesale licensee, and the retail licensee shall purchase no alcoholic beverages for sale in this state from any wholesale licensee that has any interest, directly or indirectly, in the premises, in the retail licensee, or in the retail license.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 327, Sec. 17. (SB 937) Effective January 1, 2013.