Brief Description: Revising provisions relating to contract liquor stores.

Sponsors: By Representatives Condotta, Wood and Conway; by request of Liquor Control Board.

House Committee on Commerce & Labor
Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development

Background:

The Liquor Control Board (Board) owns and operates 163 state liquor stores and contracts for the operation of 154 other stores. Historically these other stores were referred to as "vendor" or "agency stores," and the persons who operated them were referred to a "vendors" or "agency store managers." In 1994, however, the Internal Revenue Service issued a ruling changing the status of these persons from state employees to independent contractors, and the Board changed the terms used to refer to the stores and the persons who operated them. Currently these stores are referred to as "contract liquor stores," and the persons who operate them are referred to as "contract liquor store managers."

Summary:

Statutory references to "vendors," "agency stores," and "agency store managers" are updated to "contract liquor stores" and "contract liquor store managers."

Votes on Final Passage:

House   95   0
Senate   45   0

Effective: July 24, 2005