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SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 6253
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/06/98.
Reimbursing
state liquor stores and agency liquor vendors for costs of credit and debit
sales of liquor.
AN
ACT Relating to credit and debit card purchases in state liquor stores;
amending RCW 66.08.026 and 66.16.041; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. It is
the intent of the legislature that expenditures associated with the
implementation of using credit and debit cards in state liquor stores and
agency liquor vendor stores not have a negative impact to the liquor revolving
fund balance and that transfers to the state general fund, the cities, and the
counties not be reduced because of these costs.
Sec.
2. RCW
66.08.026 and 1997 c 148 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
All
administrative expenses of the board incurred on and after April 1, 1963 shall
be appropriated and paid from the liquor revolving fund. These administrative
expenses shall include, but not be limited to: The salaries and expenses of
the board and its employees, the cost of establishing, leasing, maintaining,
and operating state liquor stores and warehouses, legal services, pilot
projects, annual or other audits, and other general costs of conducting the
business of the board, and the costs of supplying, installing, and
maintaining equipment used in state liquor stores and agency liquor vendor
stores for the purchase of liquor by nonlicensees using debit or credit cards.
The administrative expenses shall not, however, be deemed to include costs of
liquor and lottery tickets purchased, the cost of transportation and delivery
to the point of distribution, other costs pertaining to the acquisition and
receipt of liquor and lottery tickets, packaging and repackaging of liquor,
transaction fees associated with credit or debit card purchases for
liquor in state liquor stores and in the stores of agency liquor vendors
pursuant to RCW 66.16.040 and 66.16.041, sales tax, and those amounts
distributed pursuant to RCW 66.08.180, 66.08.190, 66.08.200, 66.08.210 and
66.08.220.
Sec.
3. RCW
66.16.041 and 1997 c 148 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The state liquor control board shall accept bank credit card and debit cards
from nonlicensees for purchases in state liquor stores, under such rules as the
board may adopt. The board shall authorize liquor vendors appointed under RCW
66.08.050 to accept bank credit cards and debit cards for liquor purchases
under this title, under such rules as the board may adopt.
(2)
If a liquor vendor operating an agency store chooses to use credit or debit
cards for liquor purchases by nonlicensees, the board shall provide equipment
and installation and maintenance of the equipment necessary to implement the
use of credit and debit cards. Any equipment provided by the board to an
agency liquor vendor store for this purpose may be used only for the purchase
of liquor.
(3)
If the revenues and expenditures associated with implementing the use of credit
and debit cards for the purchase of alcohol by nonlicensees from state liquor
stores and agency stores operated by liquor vendors results in a reduction of
the liquor revolving fund balance for fiscal year 1999 and the 1999-01
biennium, the board shall consider increasing the price of alcohol products to
offset the reduction.
(4) The board shall provide a report evaluating the
implementation of this section, including revenue and expenditures, to
the appropriate committees of the legislature by ((January)) December
1, 1998.
