BILL REQ. #:  S-4247.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/01/12.   

     AN ACT Relating to allowing day spas to offer or supply without charge wine or beer by the individual glass to a customer for consumption on the premises; amending RCW 66.12.240; and adding a new section to chapter 66.20 RCW.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 66.12.240 and 2009 c 361 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Nothing in this title applies to or prevents a day spa, 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 day spa, 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. If the wine or beer is offered by a day spa that provides massages, the wine or beer may not be offered to the customers until the massage is completed. 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.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 66.20 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) There shall be a permit known as a day spa permit to allow the holder to offer or supply without charge wine or beer by the individual glass to a customer for consumption on the premises. 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. A day spa 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. If the wine or beer is offered by a day spa that provides massages, the wine or beer may not be offered to the customers until the massage is completed.
     (2) For the purposes of this section, "day spa" means a business that offers at least three of the following beauty services: Shampooing, cutting, styling, or dyeing hair, manicures, pedicures, facials, massages, and the use of body toning equipment.
     (3) The annual fee for this permit is one hundred twenty-five dollars.