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HOUSE BILL 1746
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Jones, Hargrove and Bowman.
Read first time February 7, 1991. Referred to Committee on Trade & Economic Development.
AN ACT Relating to delivery of liquor; and amending RCW 66.08.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 66.08.050 and 1986 c 214 s 2 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) contract with freight carriers to deliver liquor to stores and agencies throughout the state: PROVIDED, That the board, for shipments from its warehouses, shall give first consideration to freight carriers located at the final destination on a delivery route if that final destination is within a federal timber impact area. For the purposes of this section, a "federal timber impact area" means a county that the commissioner of the employment security department has determined meets two or more of the following criteria:
(a) A lumber and wood products employment location quotient of 1.0 or more of the state average during the prior twelve-month period;
(b) Direct lumber and wood products job loss of one hundred jobs or more in the prior twelve-month period; and
(c) A county annual insured unemployment rate that is twenty percent above the state annual insured unemployment rate for the prior calendar year;
(11) 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.