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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4538

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Senators Warnke, Newhouse, Benitz, Wojahn and Conner; by request of Liquor Control Board

Read first time 1/15/86 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to wine; 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:

          There shall be a grower's license to sell wine made from grapes or other agricultural products owned at the time of vinification by the licensee in bulk to holders of domestic wineries', distillers', or manufacturers' licenses or for export.  The wine shall be made upon the premises of a domestic winery licensee and is referred to in this section as grower's wine.  A grower's license authorizes the agricultural product grower to contract for the manufacturing of wine from the grower's own agricultural product, store wine in bulk made from agricultural products produced by the holder of this license, and to sell wine in bulk made from the grower's own  agricultural products to a winery  or distillery in the state of Washington or to export in bulk for sale out-of-state.  The annual fee for a grower's license shall be seventy-five dollars.  For the purpose of chapter 66.28 RCW, a grower licensee shall be deemed a manufacturer.

          The board shall adopt rules as necessary to carry out the purposes and the provisions of this section in accordance with the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.04 RCW.