PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Proposed rule(s) to implement SB 5604, passed by the legislature during the 2001 regular session, that allows retail liquor licensees to use eighteen, nineteen, or twenty year old persons to participate in in-house controlled purchase programs authorized by the Liquor Control Board under rules adopted by the board.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 66.08.030, chapter 29, Laws of 2001.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The proposed rule(s) would implement SB 5604, passed by the legislature during the 2001 regular session. This revised law will allow retail liquor licensees to use eighteen, nineteen, or twenty year old persons to participate in in-house controlled purchase programs authorized by the Liquor Control Board under rules adopted by the board.
Process for Developing New Rule: Input from retail licensees, local governments, and other interested parties will be obtained through series of notices and at least one public hearing.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Teresa Berntsen, Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 43080, Olympia, WA 98504-3080, (360) 664-1648, fax (360) 704-4920, e-mail teb@liq.wa.gov.
May 23, 2001
Eugene Prince
Chair