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                                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 11

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Tilly, K. Wilson and Haugen

 

 

Prefiled with Chief Clerk 1/7/85.  Read first time 1/14/85 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to the establishment and maintenance of records of sales of kegs of malt beverages; and adding a new section to chapter 66.28 RCW.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 66.28 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) The purpose of this section is to facilitate the tracing of malt beverage keg sales when the keg's contents are consumed by persons under the age of twenty-one years in violation of Washington law.

          (2) The liquor control board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 34.04 RCW which require:  (a) The identification of kegs of malt beverages sold directly to purchasers who are not licensees of the board; and (b) the signing of a receipt therefor by the purchasers.

          (3) The keg identification shall be prescribed by the board and shall be sufficient to identify the seller.  The receipt shall be on a form prescribed by the board and shall include:  (a) The name and address of the purchaser; (b) the driver's license number of the purchaser, if the purchaser has a license; (c) the motor vehicle license plate number of the vehicle in which the keg was removed from the seller's premises, if it was removed by motor vehicle; (d) such other identification as the board may require; and (e) a statement signed by the purchaser that the purchaser will not allow consumption of the contents of the keg in violation of RCW 66.44.270.  A copy of this receipt shall be given to the purchaser and the seller shall retain the original receipt for such period as the board may require.

          (4) Except for licensees of the board, no person may possess a keg that is not identified as prescribed by the board or remove the prescribed identification from the keg.

          (5) As used in this section, "keg" means any brewery-sealed, individual container of malt beverage having a liquid capacity of not less than seven and three-fourths gallons.