23552. (a) In addition to the licenses specified in Section 23320, the department may issue a music venue license to sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits at retail for consumption upon the premises only.
(b) The music venue license may be issued for a music entertainment facility providing alcoholic beverage service. Except as provided in this section, only licensees with a music venue license are authorized to sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits at retail for consumption upon the premises of the music entertainment facility. The license shall only be transferable from person to person at the same premises. A music venue license shall not be transferred or sold for a purchase price or consideration in excess of the original fee paid for that license.
(c) Subject to Section 25631, the music venue licensee may sell, serve, and permit consumption of alcoholic beverages only during the time period from two hours before a live performance until one hour after the live performance.
(d) (1) Issuance of the license shall be subject to the provisions of Section 23958.4.
(2) Issuance of the license shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 23816.
(e) An on-sale licensee may permit a person under 21 years of age into the music entertainment facility. This subdivision does not authorize the on-sale licensee to sell, furnish, or give any alcoholic beverages to a person under 21 years of age, or to engage in any other activity not otherwise authorized by this division.
(f) (1) An on-sale general bona fide public eating place licensee or an on-sale general public premises licensee as of the effective date of this section may exchange that license for a music venue license, subject to the qualifications of the premises as specified in this division. The exchange may be made at any time upon the approval of the department, the payment of an exchange fee of one hundred dollars ($100), and compliance with the provisions of this division relating to the issuance of an original license.
(2) The department may modify its rules regarding the surrender of licenses to implement this subdivision.
(g) The department may promulgate regulations to implement this article.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 468, Sec. 2. (SB 793) Effective January 1, 2023.)