3001-S AAS 3/11/98 S5532.1
SHB 3001 - S AMD - 1020
By Senators Schow and Heavey
ADOPTED 3/11/98
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1. RCW 66.28.040 and 1997 c 39 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Except
as permitted by the board under RCW 66.20.010, no brewer, wholesaler,
distiller, winery, importer, rectifier, or other manufacturer of liquor shall,
within the state, by himself or herself, a clerk, servant, or agent, give to
any person any liquor; but nothing in this section nor in RCW 66.28.010 shall
prevent a brewer, wholesaler, winery, distiller, or importer from furnishing
samples of beer, wine, or spirituous liquor to authorized licensees for the
purpose of negotiating a sale, in accordance with regulations adopted by the
liquor control board, provided that the samples are subject to taxes imposed by
RCW 66.24.290 and 66.24.210, and in the case of spirituous liquor, any product
used for samples must be purchased at retail from the board; nothing in this
section shall prevent the furnishing of samples of liquor to the board for the
purpose of negotiating the sale of liquor to the state liquor control board;
nothing in this section shall prevent a brewery, winery, distillery, or
wholesaler from furnishing beer, wine, or spirituous liquor for instructional
purposes under RCW 66.28.150 and 66.28.155; nothing in this section shall
prevent a winery or wholesaler from furnishing wine without charge, subject
to the taxes imposed by RCW 66.24.210, to a not-for-profit group organized
and operated solely for the purpose of enology or the study of viticulture
which has been in existence for at least six months and ((any)) that
uses wine so furnished ((shall be used)) solely for such educational
purposes((, provided that the wine furnished shall be subject to the taxes
imposed by RCW 66.24.210)) or a domestic winery from furnishing wine
without charge or a domestic brewery from furnishing beer without charge,
subject to the taxes imposed by RCW 66.24.210 or 66.24.290, to a nonprofit
charitable corporation or association exempt from taxation under section
501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3)) for
use consistent with the purpose or purposes entitling it to such exemption;
nothing in this section shall prevent a brewer from serving beer without
charge, on the brewery premises; nothing in this section shall prevent
donations of wine for the purposes of RCW 66.12.180; and nothing in this
section shall prevent a domestic winery from serving wine without charge, on
the winery premises."
SHB 3001 - S AMD - 1020
By Senators Schow and Heavey
ADOPTED 3/11/98
On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "organizations;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 66.28.040."
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