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                                 SENATE BILL 5330

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators Metcalf, Owen, Craswell, Conner and Oke.

Read first time January 28, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.Prohibiting the sale of beer on state ferries.

     AN ACT Relating to alcoholic beverages; and adding a new section to chapter 66.28 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 66.28 RCW to read as follows:

     (1) The sale of malt beverages on all Washington state ferries is prohibited.

     (2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall impair any existing contracts relating to the acquisition or sale of malt beverages by the Washington state ferry system.  Upon the expiration or period for renewal of these contracts, subsection (1) of this section shall apply.