H-3776.2 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL 2382
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Representatives Heavey and Fuhrman
Read first time 01/15/92. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to restricting minors' access to alcohol; amending RCW 66.16.040 and 66.20.070; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 66.16.040 and 1981 1st ex.s. c 5 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, an employee in a state liquor store or agency may sell liquor to any person of legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages and may also sell to holders of permits such liquor as may be purchased under such permits.
(2) Where there may be a question of a person's right to purchase liquor by reason of age, such person shall be required to present any one of the following officially issued cards of identification which shows his/her correct age and bears his/her signature and photograph:
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(a) Liquor control authority card of identification of any state or
province of Canada.
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(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 pursuant to RCW 46.20.117.
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(c) United States active duty military identification.
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(d) Passport.
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(e) Merchant Marine identification card issued by the United States
Coast Guard.
(3) The board may adopt such regulations as it deems proper covering the acceptance of such cards of identification.
(4) Where an employee or agent of any state liquor store is found by the board to have violated RCW 66.44.270, 66.44.310, or 66.44.320, the employee or agent shall be disciplined as follows:
(a) First violation: Minimum three-day suspension from work without pay.
(b) Second violation: Minimum nine-day suspension from work without pay.
(c) Third violation: Mandatory termination of employment.
(5) No liquor sold under this section shall be delivered until the purchaser has paid for the liquor in cash.
Sec. 2. RCW 66.20.070 and 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Where the holder of any permit issued under this title violates any provision of this title or of the regulations, or is an interdicted person, or is otherwise disqualified from holding a permit, the board, upon proof to its satisfaction of the fact or existence of such violation, interdiction, or disqualification, and in its discretion, may with or without any hearing, suspend the permit and all rights of the holder thereunder for such period as the board sees fit, or may cancel the permit.
(2) If the holder of any license issued under this title is found by the board to have violated RCW 66.44.270, 66.44.310, or 66.44.320 by selling liquor for off-premises consumption, the board shall either revoke the violator's liquor license or suspend the license in accordance with the following guidelines:
(a) First violation: Minimum thirty-day license suspension.