CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE SET TO VOTE ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT BOOZE BAN BILL

According to FreshandEasyBuzz, the California State Senate is set to vote on AB 183, which if passed in the legislative body and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown will ban the sales of alcoholic beverages at self-service checkouts in retail stores in the Golden State, before the week is out.

AB 183 prohibits holders of off-sale beer, wine and liquor licenses from selling alcoholic beverages using a customer-operated checkout stand located on the licensee's physical premises.
Friday, September 9 is the last day of the current legislative session, and the last day both houses of the California State Legislature can vote on and pass bills in the session before it recesses until January 4, 2012.

A simple majority, 21 votes, is needed for AB 183 to pass in the California State Senate.
If AB 183 passes in the California State Senate this week, the opponents of the legislation, which include Tesco's Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, the California Grocers Association and others will then need to stage a last-ditch effort to persuade the Governor to veto it by the October 9, 2011 deadline.