§ 14527

Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.

“Use or consumption” includes the exercise of any right or power over a beverage incidental to the beverage’s ownership, including, but not limited to, drinking the beverage. “Use or consumption” does not include the sale, or the keeping or retention, of a beverage for the purposes of sale.

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