CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1495

Chapter 320, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session

LIQUOR LICENSE SUSPENSIONS--INVESTIGATIONS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the House April 22, 2003 Yeas 97 Nays 0 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 2003 Yeas 49 Nays 0 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate		CERTIFICATE I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1495 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. CYNTHIA ZEHNDER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk
Approved May 14, 2003. GARY LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED May 14, 2003 - 3:50 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1495
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session

State of Washington

58th Legislature

2003 Regular Session

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Hudgins, Chandler, Conway and Kenney; by request of Liquor Control Board)

READ FIRST TIME 02/27/03.

AN ACT Relating to the summary suspension of a liquor license pending revocation proceedings; and amending RCW 66.08.150.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 66.08.150 and 1989 c 175 s 122 are each amended to read as follows:
     The action, order, or decision of the board as to any denial of an application for the reissuance of a permit or license or as to any revocation, suspension, or modification of any permit or license shall be an adjudicative proceeding and subject to the applicable provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.
     (1) An opportunity for a hearing may be provided an applicant for the reissuance of a permit or license prior to the disposition of the application, and if no such opportunity for a prior hearing is provided then an opportunity for a hearing to reconsider the application must be provided the applicant.
     (2) An opportunity for a hearing must be provided a permittee or licensee prior to a revocation or modification of any permit or license and, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, prior to the suspension of any permit or license.
     (3) No hearing shall be required until demanded by the applicant, permittee, or licensee.
     (4) The board may summarily suspend a license or permit for a period of up to ((~~thirty~~)) one hundred eighty days without a prior hearing if it finds that public health, safety, or welfare imperatively require emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in its order; and proceedings for revocation or other action must be promptly instituted and determined. The board's enforcement division shall complete a preliminary staff investigation of the violation before requesting an emergency suspension by the board.

         Passed by the House April 22, 2003.
         Passed by the Senate April 15, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 14, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 14, 2003.