Title: An act relating to updating references to contract liquor stores.

Brief Description: Revising provisions relating to contract liquor stores.

Sponsors: Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette and Franklin; by request of Liquor Control Board.

Brief History:

Committee Activity: Labor, Commerce, Research & Development: 2/1/05, 2/3/05 [DP].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Majority Report: Do pass.Signed by Senators Kohl-Welles, Chair; Franklin, Vice Chair; Parlette, Ranking Minority Member; Brown, Hewitt, Honeyford and Keiser.

Staff: Jennifer Strus (786-7316)

Background: The Liquor Control Board currently operates 160 state retail liquor stores and has contracts with 154 vendor or agency liquor stores. The persons who operate those stores are referred to as contract or agency store managers. Most of the agency and vendor stores are located in more rural parts of the state.

Summary of Bill: Statutes referencing agency and vendor liquor stores and managers of these stores are updated to reflect their current name: contract liquor stores and contract liquor store managers.

Appropriation: None.

Fiscal Note: Available.

Committee/Commission/Task Force Created: No.

Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For: This bill merely makes technical changes. Years ago, agency store managers were considered employees of the Liquor Control Board; that is no longer the case and those technical changes are made.

Testimony Against: None.

Who Testified: PRO: Rick Garza, Liquor Control Board.