3001-S AAS 3/3/98 S5280.1

 

 

 

SHB 3001 - S AMD - 807

By Senators Schow and Heavey

 

                                                    ADOPTED 3/3/98

 

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

 

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 66.28.040 and 1997 c 39 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    Except as permitted by the board under RCW 66.20.010, no brewer, wholesaler, distiller, winery, importer, rectifier, or other manufacturer of liquor shall, within the state, by himself or herself, a clerk, servant, or agent, give to any person any liquor; but nothing in this section nor in RCW 66.28.010 shall prevent a brewer, wholesaler, winery, distiller, or importer from furnishing samples of beer, wine, or spirituous liquor to authorized licensees for the purpose of negotiating a sale, in accordance with regulations adopted by the liquor control board, provided that the samples are subject to taxes imposed by RCW 66.24.290 and 66.24.210, and in the case of spirituous liquor, any product used for samples must be purchased at retail from the board; nothing in this section shall prevent the furnishing of samples of liquor to the board for the purpose of negotiating the sale of liquor to the state liquor control board; nothing in this section shall prevent a brewery, winery, distillery, or wholesaler from furnishing beer, wine, or spirituous liquor for instructional purposes under RCW 66.28.150 and 66.28.155; nothing in this section shall prevent a winery or wholesaler from furnishing wine without charge, subject to the taxes imposed by RCW 66.24.210, to a not-for-profit group organized and operated solely for the purpose of enology or the study of viticulture which has been in existence for at least six months and ((any)) that uses wine so furnished ((shall be used)) solely for such educational purposes((, provided that the wine furnished shall be subject to the taxes imposed by RCW 66.24.210)) or a domestic winery from furnishing wine without charge or a domestic brewery from furnishing beer without charge, subject to the taxes imposed by RCW 66.24.210 or 66.24.290, to a nonprofit charitable corporation or association exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3)) or to a nonprofit entity exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(6) of the internal revenue code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(6)) for use consistent with the purpose or purposes entitling it to such exemption; nothing in this section shall prevent a brewer from serving beer without charge, on the brewery premises; nothing in this section shall prevent donations of wine for the purposes of RCW 66.12.180; and nothing in this section shall prevent a domestic winery from serving wine without charge, on the winery premises."

 

 

 

SHB 3001 - S AMD - 807

By Senators Schow and Heavey

 

                                                    ADOPTED 3/3/98

 

    On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "organizations;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 66.28.040."

 


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