FINAL BILL REPORT

                            SB 5128

                           C 21 L 93

                      SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

Brief Description:  Raising keg registration container size requirements from four to five and one‑half gallons.

SPONSORS: Senators Moore, Newhouse, Snyder and Amondson

SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR & COMMERCE

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & LABOR

BACKGROUND:

Small groceries or other off premise class E licensees are prohibited from selling malt liquor (any variety of beer) in kegs holding four or more gallons.  A class E licensee must obtain a class A or class B license if he or she wishes to sell malt liquor in kegs larger than four gallons.

SUMMARY:

Small groceries or other off premise class E licensees may sell malt liquor in kegs of up to five and one-half gallons without being required to obtain a class A or class B license if all such sales comply with laws concerning the registration of kegs.

The Liquor Control Board may charge class E licensees for keg registration booklets.  Fees are deposited into the liquor revolving fund and may be spent by the board, without appropriation, to administer the cost of the keg registration program.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate    39   9

House     98   0

EFFECTIVE:July 25, 1993