WSR 18-08-094
PERMANENT RULES
LIQUOR AND CANNABIS
BOARD
[Filed April 4, 2018, 11:51 a.m., effective May 5, 2018]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The rule for acceptable forms of identification need[s] to be revised to add NEXUS cards and passport cards.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 314-11-025.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 66.08.030.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 18-03-187 on January 24, 2018.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 4, 2018.
Jane Rushford
Chair
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 12-17-006, filed 8/1/12, effective 9/1/12)
WAC 314-11-025 What are the forms of acceptable identification?
(1) Following are the forms of identification that are acceptable to verify a person's age for the purpose of selling, serving, or allowing a person to possess or consume alcohol:
(a) Driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card of any state, or province of Canada, from a U.S. territory or the District of Columbia, or "identicard" issued by the Washington state department of licensing per RCW 46.20.117;
(b) United States armed forces identification card issued to active duty, reserve, and retired personnel and the personnel's dependents, which may include an embedded, digital signature in lieu of a visible signature;
(c) Passport, passport card, NEXUS card;
(d) Merchant Marine identification card issued by the United States Coast Guard; and
(e) Enrollment card issued by the governing authority of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Washington, if the enrollment card incorporates security features comparable to those implemented by the department of licensing for Washington driver's licenses.
(2) If the identification document has an expiration date, a person may not use the document after the expiration date to verify his or her age.