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                          HOUSE BILL 2877

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Representative Flemming

Read first time 01/28/94.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

Changing provisions relating to local option elections within cities, towns, and counties.

    AN ACT Relating to local option elections within cities, towns, and counties; and amending RCW 66.40.030.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 66.40.030 and 1949 c 5 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:

    Within any unit referred to in RCW 66.40.010, there may be held a separate election upon the question of whether the sale of liquor under class H licenses, shall be permitted within such unit.  The conditions and procedure for holding such election shall be those prescribed by RCW 66.40.020, 66.40.040, 66.40.100, 66.40.110 and 66.40.120.  Whenever a majority of qualified voters voting upon said question in any such unit shall have voted "against the sale of liquor under class H licenses", the county auditor shall file with the liquor control board a certificate showing the result of the canvass at such election; and after ninety days from and after the date of the canvass, it shall not be lawful for licensees to maintain and operate premises ((therein)) within the election unit licensed under class H licenses.  The addition after an election under this section of new territory to a city, town, or county, by annexation, disincorporation, or otherwise, shall not extend the prohibition against the sale of liquor under class H licenses to the new territory.  Elections held under RCW 66.40.010, 66.40.020, 66.40.040, 66.40.100, 66.40.110, 66.40.120 and 66.40.140, shall be limited to the question of whether the sale of liquor by means other than under class H licenses shall be permitted within such election unit.

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