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SENATE
BILL 5604
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 2001 Regular Session
State of Washington 57th
Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/29/2001.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.
Allowing
the liquor control board to authorize controlled purchase programs.
AN
ACT Relating to allowing the liquor control board to authorize controlled
purchase programs; and amending RCW 66.44.290.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
66.44.290 and 1965 c 49 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
Every person under the age of twenty-one years who purchases or attempts to
purchase liquor shall be guilty of a violation of this title. This section
does not apply to persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years who
are participating in a controlled purchase program authorized by the liquor
control board under rules adopted by the board. Violations occurring under a
private, controlled purchase program authorized by the liquor control board may
not be used for criminal or administrative prosecution.
(2)
An employer who conducts an in-house controlled purchase program authorized
under this section shall provide his or her employees a written description of
the employer's in-house controlled purchase program. The written description
must include notice of actions an employer may take as a consequence of an
employee's failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of
alcohol during an in-house controlled purchase.
(3) An in-house controlled purchase program authorized under
this section shall be for the purposes of employee training and employer
self-compliance checks. An employer may not terminate an employee solely for a
first-time failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of
alcohol during an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this
section.
