AN ACT Relating to
class H liquor licenses issued to hotels operating conference or convention
centers or having banquet facilities on property owned or through leasehold
interest by the licensed hotel; and amending RCW 66.24.420.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 66.24.420 and 1981
1st ex.s. c 5 s 45 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The class H license
shall be issued in accordance with the following schedule of annual fees:
(a) The annual fee for
said license, if issued to a club, whether inside or outside of incorporated
cities and towns, shall be seven hundred dollars.
(b) The annual fee for
said license, if issued to any other class H licensee in incorporated cities
and towns, shall be graduated according to the population thereof as follows:
Incorporated
Cities and
towns Fees
Less than
20,000 $1,200
20,000 or
over $2,000
(c) The annual fee for
said license when issued to any other class H licensee outside of incorporated
cities and towns shall be: Two thousand dollars; this fee shall be prorated
according to the calendar quarters, or portion thereof, during which the
licensee is open for business, except in case of suspension or revocation of
the license.
(d) Where the license
shall be issued to any corporation, association or person operating a bona fide
restaurant in an airport terminal facility providing service to transient
passengers with more than one place where liquor is to be dispensed and sold,
such license shall be issued upon the payment of the annual fee, which shall be
a master license and shall permit such sale within and from one such place.
Such license may be extended to additional places on the premises at the discretion
of the board and a duplicate license may be issued for each such additional
place: PROVIDED, That the holder of a master license for a restaurant in an
airport terminal facility shall be required to maintain in a substantial manner
at least one place on the premises for preparing, cooking and serving of
complete meals, and such food service shall be available on request in other
licensed places on the premises: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That an additional license
fee of twenty-five percent of the annual master license fee shall be required
for such duplicate licenses.
(e) Where the license
shall be issued to any corporation, association, or person operating dining
places at publicly owned civic centers with facilities for sports,
entertainment, and conventions, with more than one place where liquor is to be
dispensed and sold, such license shall be issued upon the payment of the annual
fee, which shall be a master license and shall permit such sale within and from
one such place. Such license may be extended to additional places on the
premises at the discretion of the board and a duplicate license may be issued
for each such additional place: PROVIDED, That the holder of a master license
for a dining place at such a publicly owned civic center shall be required to
maintain in a substantial manner at least one place on the premises for
preparing, cooking and serving of complete meals, and food service shall be
available on request in other licensed places on the premises: PROVIDED
FURTHER, That an additional license fee of ten dollars shall be required for
such duplicate licenses.
(f) Where the license
shall be issued to any corporation, association or person operating more than
one building containing dining places at privately owned facilities which are
open to the public and where there is a continuity of ownership of all adjacent
property, such license shall be issued upon the payment of an annual fee which
shall be a master license and shall permit such sale within and from one such
place. Such license may be extended to the additional dining places on the
property or, in the case of a class H licensed hotel, property owned or
controlled by leasehold interest by that hotel for use as a conference or
convention center or banquet facility open to the general public for special
events in the same metropolitan area, at the discretion of the board and a
duplicate license may be issued for each additional place: PROVIDED, That the
holder of the master license for the dining place shall not offer alcoholic
beverages for sale, service, and consumption at the additional place unless
food service is available at both the location of the master license and the
duplicate license: PROVIDED FURTHER, That an additional license fee of twenty
dollars shall be required for such duplicate licenses.
(2) The board, so far
as in its judgment is reasonably possible, shall confine class H licenses to
the business districts of cities and towns and other communities, and not grant
such licenses in residential districts, nor within the immediate vicinity of schools,
without being limited in the administration of this subsection to any specific
distance requirements.
(3) The board shall
have discretion to issue class H licenses outside of cities and towns in the
state of Washington. The purpose of this subsection is to enable the board, in
its discretion, to license in areas outside of cities and towns and other
communities, establishments which are operated and maintained primarily for the
benefit of tourists, vacationers and travelers, and also golf and country
clubs, and common carriers operating dining, club and buffet cars, or boats.
(4) The total number of
class H licenses issued in the state of Washington by the board, not including
those class H licenses issued to clubs, shall not in the aggregate at any time
exceed one license for each fifteen hundred of population in the state,
determined according to the yearly population determination developed by the
office of financial management pursuant to RCW 43.62.030.
(5)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, the board
shall refuse a class H license to any applicant if in the opinion of the board
the class H licenses already granted for the particular locality are adequate
for the reasonable needs of the community.
