BILL REQ. #:  S-1728.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/22/13.   

     AN ACT Relating to sales for resale by retail licensees of liquor; adding a new section to chapter 66.24 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that the adoption of Initiative Measure No. 1183 by the voters in 2011 privatized the wholesale and retail distribution of spirits in Washington and made more efficient and competitive the distribution of wine. The legislature also finds that some of the regulations adopted to implement the initiative are at odds with the intent of the people to privatize and modernize both the wholesale distribution and retail sale of spirits and to make more efficient and competitive the distribution of wine.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 66.24 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Beginning on the effective date of this section, the license issuance fee under RCW 66.24.630(4) does not apply to a spirits retail licensee that was a contract liquor store manager with respect to sales of spirits in original containers from the location of its spirits retail licensed premises to retailers licensed to sell spirits for consumption on the premises for resale at their licensed premises.
     (2) Beginning on the effective date of this section, the license issuance fee under RCW 66.24.630(4) does not apply to a spirits retail licensee that was a former state store auction buyer, with respect to sales of spirits in original containers from the location of its spirits retail licensed premises to retailers licensed to sell spirits for consumption on the premises for resale at their licensed premises.
     (3) The exemptions created in this section attach to any successor, by purchase or otherwise, to the spirits retail license, except that an exemption does not attach to any such successor that owns, directly or indirectly, any interest in a spirits retail licensee that is not derived directly from a former contract liquor store manager or a former state store auction buyer.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.