WSR 98-08-041
PERMANENT RULES
LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
[Filed March 25, 1998, 10:35 a.m.]
Date of Adoption: March 4, 1998
Purpose: Establishing guidelines for spiritous liquor samples
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 66.08.030
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 98-02-069 on January 7, 1998
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Words "per person" removed from item 1 for clarity
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 1, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
March 4, 1998
Nathan S. Ford, Jr.
Chairman
NEW SECTION
WAC 314-64-08001 Procedures for providing spirit samples to authorized retail licensees for the purpose of negotiating a sale: A distiller or their agent may, for the purpose of product promotion, provide without charge single samples to retail licensees authorized to sell spirits and their employees.
1. Samples are limited to 1.7 ounces (50 ml) and no more than one sample of each product may be provided to any one licensed business.
2. All spirit samples must be purchased at retail from the board from existing stocks or by special order.
3. Only products not previously purchased or existing products with a change in alcohol proof or formula may be sampled.
4. Both the retailer and distiller must retain records of sampling for a period of two years. The records shall include the brand and type of sample and the date of sampling.
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