BILL REQ. #:  S-0348.1 

Read first time 01/12/09.   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

     AN ACT Relating to the use of manufactured wine or beer; and amending RCW 66.12.010 and 66.28.140.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 66.12.010 and 1981 c 255 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     Nothing in this title, other than RCW 66.28.140, applies to wine or beer manufactured in any home for private consumption ((therein)), and not for sale.

Sec. 2   RCW 66.28.140 and 1994 c 201 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) An adult member of a household may remove family beer or wine from the home ((for exhibition or use at organized beer or wine tastings or competitions,)) subject to the following conditions:
     (a) The quantity removed by a producer ((for these purposes)) is limited to a quantity not exceeding ((one)) twenty gallons;
     (b) Family beer or wine is not removed for sale ((or for the use of any person other than the producer. This subparagraph does not preclude any necessary tasting of the beer or wine when the exhibition or beer or wine tasting includes judging the merits of the wine by judges who have been selected by the organization sponsoring the affair; and
     (c) When the display contest or judging purpose has been served, any remaining portion of the sample is returned to the family premises from which removed)).
     (2) As used in this section, "family beer or wine" means beer or wine manufactured in the home for private consumption ((therein)) or for exhibition or use at organized beer or wine tastings, competitions, meetings, or conferences, or use by internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, and not for sale.