5582-S AMH LJ H5358.1

SSB 5582 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED 3-04-98

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."

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