Consistent with RCW 66.24.165:

(1) A nonprofit society or organization that is specifically created with the express purpose of encouraging consumer education of and promoting the economic development for a designated area of the Washington state wine industry, including both Washington statewide and Washington regional organizations, may apply for a local wine industry association license. Consistent with RCW 66.24.010(9), the board will send a local authority notice before issuing a local wine industry association license.

(2) A local wine industry association licensee may conduct a maximum of twelve events per year, and must provide notification to the board at least forty-five days before an event or the start of a marketing program conducted under the license. The board will send a local authority notice to the jurisdiction in which the event or marketing program is to be conducted under the license.

(3) A local wine industry association licensee may also apply for special occasion licenses under RCW 66.24.380 (see chapter 314-05 WAC) and special permits under RCW 66.20.010 (see chapter 314-38 WAC). The twelve events allowable under the local wine industry association license are separate and distinct from the twelve events allowable under the special occasion license.

(4) Wine furnished to a local wine industry association licensee is subject to taxes under RCW 66.24.210 (see WAC 314-19-015).

(5) The annual fee for the local wine industry association license is seven hundred dollars.