Alcoholic beverages: licenses: County of San Luis Obispo.

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Alcoholic Beverage Licenses in San Luis Obispo County

This law allows up to ten new licenses for restaurants serving alcohol in San Luis Obispo County, with limits on how many can be issued each year and rules about selling or moving these licenses.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue up to ten more licenses for restaurants serving alcohol in San Luis Obispo County.
• Limits the number of new licenses that can be given out each year to five.
• Says people with existing seasonal business licenses can apply for these new licenses too.
• Does not allow transferring these new licenses outside of San Luis Obispo County or to places that do not qualify.
• Prohibits selling or transferring the new licenses for more than what was originally paid.

Who It Names or Affects

• Restaurants in San Luis Obispo County
• The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Terms To Know

on-sale general license

A type of alcohol selling permit for places where customers can buy and drink alcohol on the premises.

bona fide public eating place

A restaurant or similar establishment that serves food to the public.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies to San Luis Obispo County.
• It is not clear how many new licenses will actually be issued each year.

Official Summary Text

AB 1008, Addis.
Alcoholic beverages: licenses: County of San Luis Obispo.
Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. Existing law limits the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located.
This bill would provide an exception to the limitation described above by authorizing the issuance of up to 10 additional new original on-sale general licenses for bona fide public eating places in the County of San Luis Obispo. The bill would prohibit the department from issuing more than 5 of these licenses per year. The bill would specify that a person holding a valid on-sale general
license for seasonal business is not prohibited from applying for licenses to be issued pursuant to this authorization. The bill would prohibit transferring the new licenses out of the county or to premises that do not qualify under these provisions. The bill would also prohibit selling or transferring the new licenses for a price greater than the original fee paid by the seller or transferor.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of San Luis Obispo.

Current Bill Text

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