BILL REQ. #: H-1072.1

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1009
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State of Washington

63rd Legislature

2013 Regular Session

By House Government Accountability & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunt, Appleton, McCoy, and Johnson)

READ FIRST TIME 02/01/13.

AN ACT Relating to liquor self-checkout machines; and adding a new section to chapter 66.24 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 66.24 RCW to read as follows:
Retailers may sell liquor as defined in RCW 66.04.010(25) through self-checkout registers if that register is programmed to halt that transaction during the purchase of liquor until an employee of the retailer intervenes and verifies the age of the purchaser by reviewing established forms of acceptable identification. Once age is successfully verified, the employee can release the transaction for payment. If the purchaser cannot provide acceptable forms of identification to verify age, the employee must refuse the purchase and void the transaction.

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