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SENATE BILL NO. 3336
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
C 208 L 86
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1985 Regular Session
By Senators Moore, Warnke, Sellar, McManus and Benitz
Read first time 1/25/85 and referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
AN ACT Relating to hotel class H licensees' authority to sell liquor by the bottle to registered guests for consumption in guest rooms or at banquets in the hotel; and amending RCW 66.24.400; declaring an emergency; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 23-S-1 added to chapter 62, Laws of 1933 ex. sess. by section 1, chapter 5, Laws of 1949 as last amended by section 2, chapter 94, Laws of 1981 and RCW 66.24.400 are each amended to read as follows:
There shall be a retailer's license, to be known and designated as class H license, to sell spirituous liquor by the individual glass, beer, and wine, at retail, for consumption on the premises, including mixed drinks and cocktails compounded or mixed on the premises only: PROVIDED, That a hotel licensed under this section may sell liquor by the bottle to registered guests of the hotel for consumption in guest rooms, hospitality rooms, or at banquets in the hotel: PROVIDED FURTHER, That a patron of a bona fide hotel, restaurant, or club licensed under this section may remove from the premises recorked or recapped in its original container any portion of wine which was purchased for consumption with a meal, and registered guests who have purchased liquor from the hotel by the bottle may remove from the premises any unused portion of such liquor in its original container. Such class H license may be issued only to bona fide restaurants, hotels and clubs, and to dining, club and buffet cars on passenger trains, and to dining places on passenger boats and airplanes, and to dining places at publicly owned civic centers with facilities for sports, entertainment, and conventions, and to such other establishments operated and maintained primarily for the benefit of tourists, vacationers and travelers as the board shall determine are qualified to have, and in the discretion of the board should have, a class H license under the provisions and limitations of this title.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect on May 1, 1986.