Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: WAC 314-11-025 conflicted with changes in RCW 66.16.040 Forms of acceptable identification to verify age when purchasing alcohol. Policies requiring expiration dates on official identification are modified removing the requirement that a document must have an expiration date, but if it has an expiration, it cannot be used for this purpose once the expiration date has passed. This rule also removes language regarding use of temporary Washington driver's licenses.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 314-11-025.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 66.16.040.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-14-136 on July 3, 2007; and WSR 07-21-102 on October 19, 2007.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: January 9, 2008.

Lorraine Lee

Chair

OTS-9774.3

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-06-014, filed 2/26/01, effective 3/29/01)

WAC 314-11-025   What are the forms of acceptable identification?   (1) Per RCW 66.16.040, following are the forms of identification that are acceptable to verify a person's age for the purpose of selling, serving, or allowing a person to possess or consume alcohol:

     (a) ((Liquor control authority card of identification of any state or province of Canada;

     (b))) Driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card of any state or province of Canada, or "identicard" issued by the Washington state department of licensing per RCW 46.20.117;

     (((c))) (b) United States armed forces identification card issued to active duty, reserve, and retired personnel and the personnel's dependents, which may include an embedded, digital signature in lieu of a visible signature;

     (((d))) (c) Passport; ((and

     (e))) (d) Merchant Marine identification card issued by the United States Coast Guard; and

     (e) Enrollment card issued by the governing authority of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Washington, if the enrollment card incorporates security features comparable to those implemented by the department of licensing for Washington driver's licenses.

     (2) ((In order for the identification to be acceptable to verify a person's age, it must:

     (a) Show the person's photo, date of birth, signature, and expiration date; and

     (b) Not be expired (except that an expired Washington driver's license card together with a current temporary paper license or a current expiration extension sticker is acceptable).)) If the identification document has an expiration date, a person may not use the document after the expiration date to verify his or her age.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030, 66.28.100, 66.28.040, 66.28.090, 66.44.010, 66.44.070, 66.44.200, 66.44.270, 66.44.291, 66.44.292, 66.44.310, 66.44.316, 66.44.318, 66.44.340, 66.44.350, and chapter 66.44 RCW. 01-06-014, § 314-11-025, filed 2/26/01, effective 3/29/01.]

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