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                          HOUSE BILL 2473

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Scott, Costa, Cole and Conway

Read first time 01/14/98.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

Authorizing the sale of certain containers of malt liquor under full service restaurant licenses.

    AN ACT Relating to the sale of malt liquor in kegs; amending RCW 66.24.400; and providing an effective date.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 66.24.400 and 1997 c 321 s 26 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) There shall be a retailer's license, to be known and designated as a full service restaurant license, to sell spirituous liquor by the individual glass, beer, and wine, at retail, for consumption on the premises, including mixed drinks and cocktails compounded or mixed on the premises only((:  PROVIDED, That)) and to sell malt liquor in untapped kegs or other containers capable of holding four gallons or more of liquid for off-premises consumption.

(2) A hotel, or club licensed under chapter 70.62 RCW with overnight sleeping accommodations, that is licensed under this section may sell liquor by the bottle to registered guests of the hotel or club for consumption in guest rooms, hospitality rooms, or at banquets in the hotel or club((:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That)).

(3) A patron of a bona fide hotel, restaurant, or club licensed under this section may remove from the premises recorked or recapped in its original container any portion of wine which was purchased for consumption with a meal, and registered guests who have purchased liquor from the hotel or club by the bottle may remove from the premises any unused portion of such liquor in its original container.     (4) Such license may be issued only to bona fide restaurants, hotels and clubs, and to dining, club and buffet cars on passenger trains, and to dining places on passenger boats and airplanes, and to dining places at civic centers with facilities for sports, entertainment, and conventions, and to such other establishments operated and maintained primarily for the benefit of tourists, vacationers and travelers as the board shall determine are qualified to have, and in the discretion of the board should have, a full service restaurant license under the provisions and limitations of this title.

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

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