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ASSEMBLY BILL 2897 (CALDERA – 1994)

CHAPTER 630, STATUTES OF 1994, SB 2897

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Business and Professions Code section 23958 was amended and section 23958.4 was added to the Business and Professions Code in 1994 following legislative passage of Assembly Bill 2897, which affected these two sections only.  (See Exhibit #1e)  Assembly member Louis Caldera introduced Assembly Bill 2897 on February 17, 1994.  (See Exhibit #la)

Assembly Bill 2897 was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibits #2, #3, and #6)  The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.  (See Exhibit #4)  Three amendments were made to Assembly Bill 2897.  (See Exhibits #1b through #1d, and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Pete Wilson signed the bill on September 19, 1994, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 20, 1994 as Chapter 630 of the Statutes of 1994.  (See Exhibit #2)

The Third Reading Analysis of Assembly Bill 2897 as last amended, produced by the Office of Senate Floor Analyses, summarized the provisions of the bill:

DIGEST:  This bill mandates the denial of a retail alcoholic beverage license in areas with either a law enforcement problem or an undue concentration of licenses.
(See Exhibit #8, page 1)