CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        HOUSE BILL 1059

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 7, 1995

  Yeas 93   Nays 3

 

 

 

 

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate April 7, 1995

  Yeas 41   Nays 0

               CERTIFICATE

 

I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1059 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

                               Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                     FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                        Secretary of State

                       State of Washington


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                                  HOUSE BILL 1059

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                     Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

 

State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Lisk and Sheldon; by request of Liquor Control Board

 

Read first time 01/10/95.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

 

Improving the enforcement provisions of the Washington state liquor act.



     AN ACT Relating to improvements to the enforcement provisions of the Washington state liquor act; amending RCW 66.12.120; adding a new section to chapter 66.44 RCW; repealing 1990 c 125 s 3 (uncodified); and declaring an emergency.

 

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

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 66.12.120 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 173 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

     Notwithstanding any other provision of Title 66 RCW, a person twenty-one years of age or over may ((be authorized by the board to)), free of tax and markup, for personal or household use, bring into the state of Washington from another state no more than once per calendar month up to two liters of spirits or wine or two hundred eighty-eight ounces of beer.  Additionally, such person may be authorized by the board to bring into the state of Washington from another state a reasonable amount of alcoholic beverages in excess of that provided in this section for personal or household use only upon payment of an equivalent markup and tax as would be applicable to the purchase of the same or similar liquor at retail from a state liquor store.  The board shall adopt appropriate regulations pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this section.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 66.44 RCW to read as follows:

     Licensees holding nonretail class liquor licenses are permitted to allow their employees between ages of eighteen and twenty-one to stock, merchandise, and handle beer or wine on or about the nonretail premises if there is an adult twenty-one years of age or older on duty supervising such activities on the premises.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  1990 c 125 s 3 (uncodified) is repealed.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  Section 3 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

 


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