BILL REQ. #:  S-1314.1 

Read first time 02/06/2007.   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.

     AN ACT Relating to defining society or organization for alcoholic beverage control purposes; and amending RCW 66.24.375.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 66.24.375 and 1997 c 321 s 61 are each amended to read as follows:
     "Society or organization" as used in RCW 66.24.380 means a not-for-profit group organized and operated ((solely for charitable, religious, social, political, educational, civic, fraternal, athletic, or benevolent purposes)) under section 501(c)(1) through (10) of the internal revenue code as it exists on the effective date of this section. No portion of the profits from events sponsored by a not-for-profit group may be paid directly or indirectly to members, officers, directors, or trustees except for services performed for the organization. Any compensation paid to its officers and executives must be only for actual services and at levels comparable to the compensation for like positions within the state. A society or organization which is registered with the secretary of state or the federal internal revenue service as a nonprofit organization ((may)) shall submit such registration, upon request, as proof that it is a not-for-profit group.