5582-S AMH LJ AMH-5358.1

SSB 5582 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED AS AMENDED 3/4/98

By Committee on Law & Justice

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 66.44.200 and 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 36 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) No person shall sell any liquor to any person apparently under the influence of liquor.

(2) No person who is apparently under the influence of liquor may purchase or consume liquor on any premises licensed by the board.

(a) A violation of this subsection is a civil infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

(b) A defendant's intoxication may not be used as a defense in a civil action under this subsection.

(c) Until July 1, 2000, every establishment licensed under RCW 66.24.330 or 66.24.420 shall conspicuously post in the establishment notice of the prohibition against the purchase or consumption of liquor under this subsection.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act takes effect July 1, 1998."

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