Bill Text: CA ACR24 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: California Beer Distributor Month.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-20)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 43, Statutes of 2013. [ACR24 Detail]
Download: California-2013-ACR24-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 24 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 43
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 5, 2013
ADOPTED IN SENATE MAY 24, 2013
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 13, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 13, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Nestande
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Atkins, Bigelow,
Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Conway, Cooley, Dahle,
Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia,
Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor,
Medina, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva,
Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
Relative to California Beer Distributor Month.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 24, Nestande. California Beer Distributor Month.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2013 as California
Beer Distributor Month.
WHEREAS, In the United States, beer distributors are licensed and
regulated by state and federal governments. Distributors are a
critical component of the state-based system of alcohol regulation
established under the 21st Amendment to the United States
Constitution and in the California Constitution. These laws provide
for an orderly distribution system that gives access to markets,
promotes competition, and protects the public; and
WHEREAS, California's beer distributors maintain and market a
diverse beverage portfolio, buying from many brewers and selling to
all licensed retailers in the area. This practice gives consumers
over 13,000 brand choices, from domestic brands, to craft-brewed
specialty beers and imports, all at competitive prices; and
WHEREAS, California's beer distributors are highly regarded for
local sales knowledge and specialized marketing, bringing brewers'
beers to life on tap or on the grocery shelf by building brands
through retailer and consumer education, promotions, and tasting
events; and
WHEREAS, California's beer distributors are working smarter and
greener every day, powering their warehouses with solar energy,
complying with California's rigorous diesel regulations, and
investing in the latest technology and innovative sustainable
solutions to reduce their carbon footprint businesswide; and
WHEREAS, California benefits from beer distributors as the single
point of contact, ensuring a transparent paper trail for the full
collection and payment of California's redemption values and all
sales, excise, and state taxes. California's beer distributors are
the link to beverages brought in from out of state that need to be
tracked back to the point of manufacture for state taxing and public
safety purposes; and
WHEREAS, California's beer distributors are third and fourth
generation independent family businesses commited to the economic and
civic vibrancy of their communities and to ever stronger family
businesses for the benefit of their employees and future generations;
and
WHEREAS, California's beer distributors, located in all 58
California counties, contribute $931,668,114 annually to California's
economy in direct wages and health care benefits to their 11,743
employees; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims the month
of May 2013 as California Beer Distributor Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
