CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 5582
Chapter 259, Laws of 1998
55th Legislature
1998 Regular Session
PROHIBITION OF LIQUOR
PURCHASES AND CONSUMPTION BY PERSONS APPARENTLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/11/98
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Passed by the Senate March 12,
1998
YEAS 38 NAYS 10
 BRAD
OWEN
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 11, 1998
YEAS 84 NAYS 14
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CERTIFICATE
I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby
certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5582 as passed by
the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
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CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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 MIKE O'CONNELL
Secretary
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Approved April 1, 1998 Place Style On Codes
above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
April 1, 1998 - 3:02 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 5582
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AS
RECOMMENDED BY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Passed
Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State
of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 03/05/97.
Prohibiting the purchase of liquor by intoxicated
persons.
AN
ACT Relating to liquor purchases by persons apparently under the influence of
liquor; amending RCW 66.44.200; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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)(a)
No person who is apparently under the influence of liquor may purchase or
consume liquor on any premises licensed by the board.
(b)
A violation of this subsection is an infraction punishable by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars.
(c)
A defendant's intoxication may not be used as a defense in an action under this
subsection.
(d)
Until July 1, 2000, every establishment licensed under RCW 66.24.330 or
66.24.420 shall conspicuously post in the establishment notice of the
prohibition against the purchase or consumption of liquor under this subsection.
(3)
An administrative action for violation of subsection (1) of this section and an
infraction issued for violation of subsection (2) of this section arising out
of the same incident are separate actions and the outcome of one shall not
determine the outcome of the other.
Passed the Senate March 12, 1998.
Passed the House March 11, 1998.
Approved by the Governor
April 1, 1998.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 1, 1998.