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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5254

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senators Warnke, Tanner, Smitherman, West, Johnson, Newhouse, Bender, Bailey, Zimmerman, Lee, Garrett, Vognild and Moore

Read first time 1/21/87 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to liquor purchases by minors; amending RCW 66.44.291 and 66.44.325; 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 and without proper authority, forges, alters, counterfeits, or otherwise prepares any documents or identification cards or facsimiles thereof as required by RCW 66.20.160 through 66.20.210 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.