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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5254

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Warnke, Tanner, Smitherman, West, Johnson, Newhouse, Bender, Bailey, Zimmerman, Lee, Garrett, Vognild and Moore)

Read first time 1/27/87.

AN ACT Relating to liquor purchases by minors; amending RCW 66.44.291, 66.44.325, and 66.20.200; adding a new section to chapter 66.44 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 49, Laws of 1965 and RCW 66.44.291 are each amended to read as follows:

          Every person between the ages of eighteen and twenty, inclusive, who is convicted of a violation of RCW 66.44.290 shall be punished by a fine of not less than ((twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than thirty days, or both)) two hundred fifty dollars, or no less than twenty-five hours of community service, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than thirty days, or by any combination of these three options.

        Sec. 2.  Section 1, chapter 147, Laws of 1961 and RCW 66.44.325 are each amended to read as follows:

          Any person who transfers in any manner an identification of age to a minor for the purpose of permitting such minor to obtain alcoholic beverages shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars, or no less than twenty-five hours of community service, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than thirty days, or by any combination of these three options:  PROVIDED, That corroborative testimony of a witness other than the minor shall be a condition precedent to conviction.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 66.44 RCW to read as follows:

          Any person who, for economic gain or without proper authority, forges, alters, counterfeits, or otherwise prepares any documents or identification cards or facsimiles thereof as required by RCW 66.16.040 and supplies them to a person less than twenty-one years of age shall, on the first offense, be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and subject to the penalties as otherwise prescribed by law in addition to a fine of no less than two thousand five hundred dollars.

        Sec. 4.  Section 5, chapter 67, Laws of 1949 as last amended by section 8, chapter 209, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and RCW 66.20.200 are each amended to read as follows:

          It shall be unlawful for the owner of a card of identification to transfer the card to any other person for the purpose of aiding such person to procure alcoholic beverages from any licensee or store employee.  Any person who shall permit his card of identification to be used by another or transfer such card to another for the purpose of aiding such transferee to obtain alcoholic beverages from a licensee or store employee, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not ((more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days or both)) less than two hundred fifty dollars, or no less than twenty-five hours of community service, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than thirty days, or by any combination of these three options. Any person not entitled thereto who unlawfully procures or has issued or transferred to him a card of identification, and any person who possesses a card of identification not issued to him, and any person who makes any false statement on any certification card required by RCW 66.20.190, as now or hereafter amended, to be signed by him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ((and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days or both)) and shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars, or no less than twenty-five hours of community service, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than thirty days, or by any combination of these three options.