| Passed by the Senate April 20, 2009 YEAS 45 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 7, 2009 YEAS 91 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5110 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved May 6, 2009, 2:03 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 8, 2009 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/09/09.
AN ACT Relating to allowing wedding boutiques and art galleries to serve wine or beer to their customers who are twenty-one years of age or older; and adding a new section to chapter 66.12 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 66.12 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Nothing in this title applies to or prevents a wedding boutique
or art gallery from offering or supplying without charge wine or beer
by the individual glass to a customer for consumption on the premises.
However, the customer must be at least twenty-one years of age and may
only be offered one glass of wine or beer, and wine or beer served or
consumed shall be purchased from a Washington state licensed retailer
or a Washington state liquor store or agency at full retail price. A
wedding boutique or art gallery offering wine or beer without charge
may not advertise the service of complimentary wine or beer and may not
sell wine or beer in any manner. Any employee involved in the service
of wine or beer must complete a board-approved limited alcohol server
training program.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Art gallery" means a room or building devoted to the
exhibition and/or sale of the works of art.
(b) "Wedding boutique" means a business primarily engaged in the
sale of wedding merchandise.