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

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

             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.

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

           MIKE O'CONNELL

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved April 1, 1998 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.   

                                FILED          

 

 

            April 1, 1998 - 3:02 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                   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 Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, Goings, Schow, Stevens, Oke and Kline)

 

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.