BILL REQ. #:  H-1342.2 

Read first time 02/08/2007.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

     AN ACT Relating to permitting the liquor control board to provide retail licensee sales data information to the national alcohol beverage control association; and amending RCW 66.16.090.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 66.16.090 and 1933 ex.s. c 62 s 89 are each amended to read as follows:
     ((All records whatsoever of the board showing purchases by any individual of liquor shall be deemed confidential, and, except subject to audit by the state auditor, shall not be permitted to be inspected by any person whatsoever, except by employees of the board to the extent permitted by the regulations; and no member of the board and no employee whatsoever shall give out any information concerning such records and neither such records nor any information relative thereto which shall make known the name of any individual purchaser shall be competent to be admitted as evidence in any court or courts except in prosecutions for illegal possession of and/or sale of liquor. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.))
     (1) All records detailing purchases by any individual from the board shall be deemed confidential except:
     (a) When subject to audit by the state auditor; and
     (b) When inspected by an employee of the board as permitted by board regulations.
     (2) The sales data information of retail licensees who purchase distilled spirits from the board, including contract liquor stores, shall be provided to the national alcohol beverage control association and may be used by the association's members for commercial purposes.
     (3) RCW 42.56.070(9) does not apply to sales data information provided to the national alcohol beverage control association under subsection (2) of this section.