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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 498

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Dellwo, Silver, Zellinsky, R. King, G. Nelson, Barrett, P. King and Winsley

Read first time 2/6/85 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to the establishment of annual class I licenses; and amending RCW 66.24.490.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 55, Laws of 1967 as last amended by section 19, chapter 5, Laws of 1981 1st ex. sess. and RCW 66.24.490 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) There shall be a retailer's license to be designated as a class I license; this shall be a special occasion license to be issued to the holder of a class H license to extend his privilege of selling and serving spirituous liquor by the individual glass, beer, and wine, at retail, for consumption on the premises, to members and guests of a society or organization on special occasions at a specified date and place when such special occasions of such groups are held on premises other than the class H licensed premises and for consumption on the premises of such outside location.  The holder of such special occasion license shall be allowed to remove from his liquor stocks at his licensed class H premises, liquor for sale and service at such special occasion locations((:  PROVIDED, That the Washington state liquor control board may issue banquet permits when such groups prefer to provide their own liquor under such a permit rather than avail themselves of sale and service of liquor by the holder of a class I license)).  Such special class I license shall be issued for a specified date and place and upon payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars per day or, upon proper application to the liquor control board, an annual class I license may be issued to the holder of a class H license upon payment of a fee of three hundred fifty dollars.

(2) The holder of an annual class I license shall obtain prior board approval for each event at which the class I license will be utilized.  When applying for such board approval, the class I licensee shall provide to the board all necessary or requested information concerning the society or organization which will be holding the function at which the class I license will be utilized.

(3) Upon receipt of a request for utilization of a class I license at a particular time and place, the board shall give notification of the pending request to the chief executive officer of the incorporated city or town, if the function is to be held within an incorporated city or town, or to the county legislative authority if the function is to be held outside the boundaries of incorporated cities or towns.  Each such city, town, or county, through the official or employee selected by it, shall have ten days from the date of receipt of said notification in which to file written objections to the utilization of the class I license at the particular time and place specified in the request.

(4) If attendance at the function for which class I license utilization approval is requested will be open to the general public, board approval may only be given where the society or organization sponsoring the function is within the definition of "society or organization" in RCW 66.24.375.  If attendance at the function will be limited to members and invited guests of the sponsoring society or organization, board approval may be given even though the sponsoring society or organization is not within the definition of "society or organization" in RCW 66.24.375.