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SENATE BILL 6589
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By Senators Prentice, Hale, Deccio, Rasmussen, Loveland, B. Sheldon, West, McAuliffe and Kohl‑Welles
Read first time 01/19/2000. Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing & Financial Institutions.
AN ACT Relating to domestic wineries; and amending RCW 66.24.170.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 66.24.170 and 1997 c 321 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) There shall be a license for domestic wineries; fee to be computed only on the liters manufactured: Less than two hundred fifty thousand liters per year, one hundred dollars per year; and two hundred fifty thousand liters or more per year, four hundred dollars per year.
(2) The license allows for the manufacture of wine in Washington state from grapes or other agricultural products.
(3) Any domestic winery licensed under this section may also act as a distributor and/or retailer of wine of its own production. Any winery operating as a distributor and/or retailer under this subsection shall comply with the applicable laws and rules relating to distributors and/or retailers.
(4) A domestic winery licensed under this section may exercise any of its licensing privileges at more than one location, provided that: (a) Each additional location has been approved by the board under RCW 66.24.010; and (b) the total number of additional locations does not exceed two. Each additional location is deemed to be a winery premises for the purpose of RCW 66.28.010(1)(b).
(5) Wine produced in Washington state by a domestic winery licensee may be shipped out-of-state for the purpose of making it into sparkling wine and then returned to such licensee for resale. Such wine shall be deemed wine manufactured in the state of Washington for the purposes of RCW 66.24.206, and shall not require a special license.
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