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SENATE BILL NO. 4538
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
C 214 L 86
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1986 Regular Session
By Senators Warnke, Newhouse, Benitz, Wojahn and Conner; by request of Liquor Control Board
Read first time 1/15/86 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to wine; amending RCW 66.08.050; and adding a new section to chapter 66.24 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 66.24 RCW to read as follows:
There shall be a grower's license to sell wine made from grapes or other agricultural products owned at the time of vinification by the licensee in bulk to holders of domestic wineries', distillers', or manufacturers' licenses or for export. The wine shall be made upon the premises of a domestic winery licensee and is referred to in this section as grower's wine. A grower's license authorizes the agricultural product grower to contract for the manufacturing of wine from the grower's own agricultural product, store wine in bulk made from agricultural products produced by the holder of this license, and to sell wine in bulk made from the grower's own agricultural products to a winery or distillery in the state of Washington or to export in bulk for sale out-of-state. The annual fee for a grower's license shall be seventy-five dollars. For the purpose of chapter 66.28 RCW, a grower licensee shall be deemed a manufacturer.
Sec. 2. Section 69, chapter 62, Laws of 1933 ex. sess. as last amended by section 1, chapter 160, Laws of 1983 and RCW 66.08.050 are each amended to read as follows:
The board, subject to the provisions of this title and the regulations, shall
(1) determine the localities within which state liquor stores shall be established throughout the state, and the number and situation of the stores within each locality;
(2) appoint in cities and towns and other communities, in which no state liquor store is located, liquor vendors. Such liquor vendors shall be agents of the board and be authorized to sell liquor to such persons, firms or corporations as provided for the sale of liquor from a state liquor store, and such vendors shall be subject to such additional rules and regulations consistent with this title as the board may require;
(3) establish all necessary warehouses for the storing and bottling, diluting and rectifying of stocks of liquors for the purposes of this title;
(4) provide for the leasing for periods not to exceed ten years of all premises required for the conduct of the business; and for remodeling the same, and the procuring of their furnishings, fixtures, and supplies; and for obtaining options of renewal of such leases by the lessee. The terms of such leases in all other respects shall be subject to the direction of the board;
(5) determine the nature, form and capacity of all packages to be used for containing liquor kept for sale under this title;
(6) execute or cause to be executed, all contracts, papers, and documents in the name of the board, under such regulations as the board may fix;
(7) pay all customs, duties, excises, charges and obligations whatsoever relating to the business of the board;
(8) require bonds from all employees in the discretion of the board, and to determine the amount of fidelity bond of each such employee;
(9) perform services for the state lottery commission to such extent, and for such compensation, as may be mutually agreed upon between the board and the commission;
(10) perform all other matters and things, whether similar to the foregoing or not, to carry out the provisions of this title, and shall have full power to do each and every act necessary to the conduct of its business, including all buying, selling, preparation and approval of forms, and every other function of the business whatsoever, subject only to audit by the state auditor: PROVIDED, That the board shall have no authority to regulate the content of spoken language on licensed premises where wine and other liquors are served and where there is not a clear and present danger of disorderly conduct being provoked by such language.