(a) The department may issue a special temporary on-sale beer and wine license to: (1) a television station, supported wholly or in part by public membership subscription, which is a nonprofit, charitable corporation exempt from payment of income taxes under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 of the United States, or (2) a nonprofit, charitable corporation exempt from payment of income taxes under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 of the United States which receives and administers donations for a noncommercial, educational television station or public broadcasting station supported wholly or in part by public membership subscription. An applicant for this license shall accompany the application with a fee of one hundred dollars ($100).
(b) This license shall only entitle the licensee to sell and serve beer and wine donated to it. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensee may donate beer or wine to a corporation licensed under this section, provided that the donations are not made in connection with a sale of an alcoholic beverage.
(c) This license shall be for a period not exceeding 30 days. Only one license shall be issued to any corporation in a calendar year.
(d) For purposes of this section, any licensee may also serve that beer or wine donated by him or her at any event for which the license has been issued.
(e) The department shall adopt rules as it determines necessary to implement and administer this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2006.)