(a) The department may create and issue a special on-sale general license to a person who owns or operates a facility that is partially located in the County of Placer and partially located in the County of Washoe, State of Nevada, subject to the following:

(1) The licensed premises is located on a single contiguous property of not less than three acres, and not more than seven acres, in the County of Placer and of at least eight acres in the County of Washoe, State of Nevada, where the gross floor area of structures in the County of Placer is no greater than 20 percent of the total gross floor area of all structures located in both counties.

(2) The facility consists of at least a restaurant, casino, conference center, and hotel.

(3) The licensed premises is operated as an integral part of the facility.

(4) The license shall not be transferable except from person to person.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, and subject only to Section 25658, the sale, furnishing, or delivery of alcoholic beverages by the licensee within the facility shall be deemed to be a sale in the State of Nevada.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 23661, and any related provision of this division, persons may import alcoholic beverages into California from the State of Nevada only within the facility for personal use and not for resale.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 23402, and any related provision of this division, the licensee shall not be authorized to purchase alcoholic beverages from California licensees.

(e) Notwithstanding Sections 23405, 23405.1, 23405.2, and 25752, and any related provision of this division, the licensee shall not be required to maintain records on the licensed premises. However, records shall be maintained at the facility and the licensee shall provide any such records to the department promptly upon demand.

(f) (1) The licensee shall not be subject to any restrictions set forth in Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 25500), in its entirety, at the facility.

(2) The licensee shall not be subject to any restrictions set forth in Sections 25600, 25600.1, 25600.2, 25600.3, 25600.5, 25611.1, 25611.2, 25611.3, 25612, 25612.5, and 25613, and any related provision of this division, except to the extent the prohibited conduct substantially occurs in California.

(g) The facility shall not be subject to Sections 25631, 25632, and 25633, and any related provision of this division.

(h) In all other respects, the licensee shall comply with and be subject to the provisions of this division.

(i) The fee for a special on-sale general license shall be the same as that specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 23320 for an original on-sale general license. The annual fee for the special on-sale general license shall be the same as that for an on-sale general license. The special on-sale general license authorized by this section shall not be included in the number of on-sale general licenses available pursuant to, or otherwise subject to the requirements of, Section 23816. All money collected as fees pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund as provided in Section 25761.

(j) The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of § 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of the premises located in both the County of Placer and the State of Nevada.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 296, Sec. 2. (AB 2971) Effective January 1, 2023.)