| Passed by the House March 8, 2005 Yeas 95 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 11, 2005 Yeas 46 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1621 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/31/2005. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to acceptable forms of identification for liquor purchases; and amending RCW 66.16.040.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 66.16.040 and 2004 c 61 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
Except as otherwise provided by law, an employee in a state liquor
store or agency may sell liquor to any person of legal age to purchase
alcoholic beverages and may also sell to holders of permits such liquor
as may be purchased under such permits.
Where there may be a question of a person's right to purchase
liquor by reason of age, such person shall be required to present any
one of the following officially issued cards of identification which
shows his/her correct age and bears his/her signature and photograph:
(1) ((Liquor control authority card of identification of any state
or province of Canada.)) Driver's license, instruction permit or identification card
of any state or province of Canada, or "identicard" issued by the
Washington state department of licensing pursuant to RCW 46.20.117.
(2)
(((3))) (2) United States armed forces identification card issued
to active duty, reserve, and retired personnel and the personnel's
dependents, which may include an imbedded, digital signature in lieu of
a visible signature.
(((4))) (3) Passport.
(((5))) (4) Merchant Marine identification card issued by the
United States Coast Guard.
The board may adopt such regulations as it deems proper covering
the cards of identification listed in this section.
No liquor sold under this section shall be delivered until the
purchaser has paid for the liquor in cash, except as allowed under RCW
66.16.041. The use of a personal credit card does not rely upon the
credit of the state as prohibited by Article VIII, section 5 of the
state Constitution.