BILL REQ. #:  S-3881.1 

Read first time 01/21/2004.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Trade.

     AN ACT Relating to the special occasion liquor license; and amending RCW 66.24.380.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 66.24.380 and 1997 c 321 s 24 are each amended to read as follows:
     There shall be a retailer's license to be designated as a special occasion license to be issued to a not-for-profit society or organization to sell spirits, beer, and wine by the individual serving for on-premises consumption at a specified event, such as at picnics or other special occasions, at a specified date and place; fee sixty dollars per day.
     (1) The not-for-profit society or organization is limited to sales of no more than twelve calendar days per year. For the purposes of this subsection, special occasion licensees that are "agricultural area fairs" or "agricultural county and district fairs," as defined by RCW 15.76.120, that receive a special occasion license may, once per calendar year, count as one event fairs that last multiple days, so long as alcohol sales are at set dates, times, and locations, and the board receives prior notification of the dates, times, and locations. The special occasion license applicant will pay the sixty dollars per day for this event.
     (2) The licensee may sell beer and/or wine in original, unopened containers for off-premises consumption if permission is obtained from the board prior to the event.
     (3) Sale, service, and consumption of spirits, beer, and wine is to be confined to specified premises or designated areas only.
     (4) Spirituous liquor sold under this special occasion license must be purchased at a state liquor store or agency without discount at retail prices, including all taxes.
     (5) Any violation of this section is a class 1 civil infraction having a maximum penalty of two hundred fifty dollars as provided for in chapter 7.80 RCW.