Alcoholic beverages: licensees.

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act permits a winegrower, beer manufacturer, beer and wine wholesaler, distilled spirits manufacturer, distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, distilled spirits general rectifier, or distilled spirits general importer to instruct licensees and their employees, or to conduct courses of instruction for licensees and their employees, on the subject of wine, beer, or distilled spirits, including, but not limited to, the history, nature, values, and characteristics of those beverages and the methods of presenting and serving those beverages. This bill would additionally allow a distilled spirits wholesaler and a craft distiller to instruct or conduct courses of instruction on distilled spirits, including, but not limited to, the history, nature, values, characteristics, and related terminology and the methods of handling. presenting, and serving those beverages for licensees and their employees. (2) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, with respect to distilled spirits and wines, authorizes a licensee to furnish, give rent, loan, or sell advertising specialties to a retailer, provided those items bear conspicuous advertising required of a sign and the total value of all retailer advertising specialities furnished do not exceed $50. This bill would prohibit the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control from approving, by rule or decision, glassware as an authorized retailer advertising specialty for distilled spirits or wine. (3) Existing law authorizes specified state agencies to seize and sell the license of an off-sale or on-sale general licensee that, upon termination of business, is delinquent in the payment of taxes due under the Sales and Use Tax Law, Personal Income Tax Law, or Corporation Tax Law, respectively. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 25600 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 973 to be operative only if this bill and SB 973 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.