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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 474

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representative R. King

Read first time 1/30/87 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to class I liquor licenses; and amending RCW 66.24.490.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 55, Laws of 1967 as last amended by section 1, chapter 306, Laws of 1985 and RCW 66.24.490 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) There shall be a retailer's license to be designated as a class I license; this shall be a special occasion license to be issued to the holder of a class H license to extend the privilege of selling and serving spirituous liquor by the individual glass, beer, and wine, at retail, for consumption on the premises, to members and guests of a society or organization on special occasions at a specified date and place when such special occasions of such groups are held on premises other than the class H licensed premises and for consumption on the premises of such outside location.  The holder of such special occasion license shall be allowed to remove from the liquor stocks at the licensed class H premises, liquor for sale and service at such special occasion locations.  Such special class I license shall be issued for a specified date and place and upon payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars per day or, upon proper application to the liquor control board, an annual class I license may be issued to the holder of a class H license upon payment of a fee of three hundred fifty dollars.

          (2) The holder of an annual class I license shall obtain prior board approval for each event at which the class I license will be utilized.  When applying for such board approval, the class I licensee shall provide to the board all necessary or requested information concerning the society or organization which will be holding the function at which the class I license will be utilized.

          (3) Upon receipt of a request for utilization of a class I license at a particular time and place, the board shall give notification of the pending request to the chief executive officer of the incorporated city or town, if the function is to be held within an incorporated city or town, or to the county legislative authority if the function is to be held outside the boundaries of incorporated cities or towns.  ((Each such city, town, or county, through the official or employee selected by it, shall have ten days from the date of receipt of said notification in which to file written objections to the utilization of the class I license at the particular time and place specified in the request.))

          (4) If attendance at the function, for which class I license utilization approval is requested, will be open to the general public, board approval may only be given where the society or organization sponsoring the function is within the definition of "society or organization" in RCW 66.24.375.  If attendance at the function will be limited to members and invited guests of the sponsoring society or organization, board approval may be given even though the sponsoring society or organization is not within the definition of "society or organization" in RCW 66.24.375.

          (5) Where the applicant for either a daily or annual class I license is a class H club licensee, the board shall not issue the class I license, or approve the use of a previously issued class I license, unless the following requirements are met:

          (a) The gross food sales of the class H club exceed its gross liquor sales; and

          (b) The event for which the class I license will be used is hosted by a member of the class H licensed club.