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Business and Professions Code - BPC

DIVISION 9. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [23000 - 25762]

  ( Division 9 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152. )
  

CHAPTER 5. Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses [23770 - 23827]

  ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152. )
  

ARTICLE 1. In General [23770 - 23794]
  ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152. )

  
23774.  

The provisions of Sections 23771 and 23772 do not prevent the issuance of a distilled spirits wholesale license to any person who, on July 1, 1937, owned or operated a business which for five years immediately preceding that date had maintained and operated in this State a bona fide jobbing and distributing establishment for the sale to retail dealers of goods, wares, and merchandise, the major portion of which business at a time five years preceding July 1, 1937, was goods, wares, and merchandise other than alcoholic beverages.

(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152.)