Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23438 · Article 4. Club Licenses
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23438
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Any alcoholic beverage club licensee which restricts membership or the use of its services or facilities on the basis of ancestry or any characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code, except for genetic information, shall, when issuing a receipt for expenses which may otherwise be used by taxpayers for deduction purposes pursuant to Section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, for purposes of the Personal Income Tax Law, or Section 24343 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, for purposes of the Bank and Corporation Tax Law, incorporate a printed statement on the receipt as follows:
“The expenditures covered by this receipt are nondeductible for state income tax purposes or franchise tax purposes.”
(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Expenses” means expenses, as defined in Section 17269 or 24343.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(2) “Club” means a club holding an alcoholic beverage license pursuant to the provisions of this division, except a club holding an alcoholic beverage license pursuant to Section 23425.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 261, Sec. 2. (SB 559) Effective January 1, 2012.
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