FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 5581

                                   C 46 L 87

BYSenate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by  Senators Moore, Warnke, Barr, Williams, West, Sellar, Vognild, Benitz and Tanner)

Revising provisions relating to licensed beer retailers.

Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor

House Committe on Commerce & Labor

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

Currently, an establishment having a class F wine retailers license, whose business is primarily the sale of wine is permitted to provide free of charge two ounces or less of wine for the purposes of sales promotion.  The authority to provide beer samples is not extended to establishments with class E beer retailers licenses.

"Pasteurized beer" is defined by the Liquor Board as beer which has been subject to a process whereby all yeast or micro-organisms are destroyed or removed preventing any further fermentation of the beer.

The Board, by administrative rule, limits the maximum container size of packaged beer to 170 fluid ounces.

SUMMARY:

Establishments having class E beer retailers licenses whose business is primarily the sale of beer or wine are permitted to provide single serving beer samples of two ounces or less free of charge for the purposes of sales promotion.

The definition of "pasteurized beer" is expanded to include bottled conditioned beer which has been fermented partially or completely in its sales container and which may contain residual active yeast.  The maximum container size for bottled conditioned beer is 170 fluid ounces.

The cost of beer sampling conducted by retail establishments may not be borne by a manufacturer, importer, or wholesaler.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      Senate    46     3

      House 87   1

EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987