HOUSE BILL ANALYSIS

                    SSB 6589

Brief Description:  Allowing domestic wineries to exercise licensing privileges at up to two additional locations.

Sponsors:  Senators Prentice and Hale

Hearing:  February 23, 2000

                 Brief Summary of Bill

CAllows a licensed domestic winery to provide tasting rooms and sell it's product at retail at two additional locations separate from the winery's production site.

BACKGROUND:

A licensed domestic winery may manufacture wine and may act as a distributor of its own product.  It may also act as a retailer of its own product at the winery site.  It may also hold a spirits, beer, and wine restaurant license for operation at the winery site.

SUMMARY OF BILL: 

A licensed domestic winery may serve samples of it's own product, with or without charge, and may sell wine of it's own product for off-premise consumption at up to two locations separate from the site of its manufacturing activity.  Each additional location must be approved by the Liquor Control Board.  The winery may not act as a distributor from any of the additional locations.  Each additional location is considered part of the winery's license for purposes of the liquor laws.

RULES AUTHORITY:  The bill does not contain provisions addressing the rule making powers of an agency.

FISCAL NOTE: Not requested.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Ninety days after adjournment of a session in which bill is passed.