BILL REQ. #:  H-0135.1 

Read first time 01/20/11.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

     AN ACT Relating to methods of payment for purposes of the alcohol beverage control statutes; and amending RCW 66.28.270.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 66.28.270 and 2009 c 373 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
     Nothing in this chapter prohibits the use of checks, credit or debit cards, prepaid accounts, electronic funds transfers, and other similar methods as approved by the board, as cash payments for purposes of this title. ((Electronic fund[s] transfers)) Such methods of payment must be: (1) Voluntary; (2) conducted pursuant to a prior written agreement of the parties that includes a provision that the purchase be initiated by an irrevocable invoice or sale order before the time of delivery; (3) initiated by the retailer, manufacturer, importer, or distributor no later than the first business day following delivery; and (4) completed as promptly as is reasonably practical, and in no event((,)) later than five business days following delivery.