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HOUSE BILL 3048
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By Representatives Boldt, Clements, Wood, Hatfield, Zellinsky and Backlund
Read first time 01/28/98. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to the consumption of spirits in a sports entertainment facility; amending RCW 66.24.570; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 66.24.570 and 1997 c 321 s 36 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) There is a license for sports entertainment facilities to be designated as a sports/entertainment facility license to sell beer, wine, and spirits at retail, for consumption upon the premises only, the license to be issued to the entity providing food and beverage service at a sports entertainment facility as defined in this section. The cost of the license is two thousand five hundred dollars per annum.
(2) For purposes of this section, a sports entertainment facility includes a publicly or privately owned arena, coliseum, stadium, or facility where sporting events are presented for a price of admission. The facility does not have to be exclusively used for sporting events.
(3) The board may impose reasonable requirements upon a licensee under this section, such as requirements for the availability of food and victuals including but not limited to hamburgers, sandwiches, salads, or other snack food. The board may also restrict the type of events at a sports entertainment facility at which beer, wine, and spirits may be served. When imposing conditions for a licensee, the board must consider the seating accommodations, eating facilities, and circulation patterns in such a facility, and other amenities available at a sports entertainment facility.
(4) The board may issue a caterer's endorsement to the license under this section to allow the licensee to remove from the liquor stocks at the licensed premises, for use as liquor for sale and service at special occasion locations at a specified date and place not currently licensed by the board. The privilege of selling and serving liquor under the endorsement is limited to members and guests of a society or organization as defined in RCW 66.24.375. Cost of the endorsement is three hundred fifty dollars.
(a) The holder of this license with catering endorsement shall, if requested by the board, notify the board or its designee of the date, time, place, and location of any catered event. Upon request, the licensee shall provide to the board all necessary or requested information concerning the society or organization that will be holding the function at which the endorsed license will be utilized.
(b) If attendance at the function will be limited to members and invited guests of the sponsoring society or organization, the requirement that the society or organization be within the definition of RCW 66.24.375 is waived.
(5) All decisions to allow the consumption of spirits in areas of a sports entertainment facility that are outside of enclosed clubs and private suites shall be made prior to December 1 of any year and shall not take effect before the end of the regular legislative session in the next year.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1998.
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