CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5110

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 20, 2009 YEAS 45 NAYS 3 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 7, 2009 YEAS 91 NAYS 7 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives		CERTIFICATE I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5110 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary
Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED Secretary of State State of Washington

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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5110
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session

State of Washington

61st Legislature

2009 Regular Session

By Senate Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Schoesler, McCaslin, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, and Holmquist)

READ FIRST TIME 02/09/09.

AN ACT Relating to allowing wedding boutiques and art galleries to serve wine or beer to their customers who are twenty-one years of age or older; and adding a new section to chapter 66.12 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 66.12 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Nothing in this title applies to or prevents a wedding boutique or art gallery from offering or supplying without charge wine or beer by the individual glass to a customer for consumption on the premises. However, the customer must be at least twenty-one years of age and may only be offered one glass of wine or beer, and wine or beer served or consumed shall be purchased from a Washington state licensed retailer or a Washington state liquor store or agency at full retail price. A wedding boutique or art gallery offering wine or beer without charge may not advertise the service of complimentary wine or beer and may not sell wine or beer in any manner. Any employee involved in the service of wine or beer must complete a board-approved limited alcohol server training program.
     (2) For the purposes of this section:
     (a) "Art gallery" means a room or building devoted to the exhibition and/or sale of the works of art.
     (b) "Wedding boutique" means a business primarily engaged in the sale of wedding merchandise.

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