CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5604

Chapter 295, Laws of 2001

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Session

LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD--CONTROLLED PURCHASE PROGRAM

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/22/01

Passed by the Senate April 17, 2001

YEAS 47 NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 12, 2001

YEAS 96 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5604 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

TONY M. COOK

Secretary

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Approved May 14, 2001

FILED

May 14, 2001 - 3:21 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SENATE BILL 5604

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session

By Senators Spanel and Gardner

Read first time 01/29/2001. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.

AN ACT Relating to allowing the liquor control board to authorize controlled purchase programs; and amending RCW 66.44.290.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 66.44.290 and 1965 c 49 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Every person under the age of twenty-one years who purchases or attempts to purchase liquor shall be guilty of a violation of this title. This section does not apply to persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years who are participating in a controlled purchase program authorized by the liquor control board under rules adopted by the board. Violations occurring under a private, controlled purchase program authorized by the liquor control board may not be used for criminal or administrative prosecution.

(2) An employer who conducts an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall provide his or her employees a written description of the employer's in-house controlled purchase program. The written description must include notice of actions an employer may take as a consequence of an employee's failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of alcohol during an in-house controlled purchase.

(3) An in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall be for the purposes of employee training and employer self-compliance checks. An employer may not terminate an employee solely for a first-time failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of alcohol during an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section.