HOUSE BILL REPORT

SHB 1296

BYHouse Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Wang, Patrick, Cole, Jones and Ferguson; by request of Liquor Control Board)

Eliminating the delivery requirement for seized liquor.

House Committe on Commerce & Labor

Majority Report:  The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass.  (10)

      Signed by Representatives Wang, Chair; Cole, Vice Chair; Fisher, Jones, O'Brien, Patrick, Sanders, Sayan, C. Smith and Walker 

House Staff:Joan Elgee (786-7166) 

AS PASSED HOUSE JANUARY 22, 1988

BACKGROUND:

When liquor is seized by a local law enforcement officer or the Washington State Patrol, the entity must report the seizure to the Liquor Control Board and deliver the liquor to the Board.

 This provision has resulted in local law enforcement agencies having to store liquor until a Board enforcement officer is available to receive it. 

SUMMARY:

The requirement that local law enforcement officers and the Washington State Patrol deliver seized liquor to the Liquor Control Board is eliminated.  The reporting requirement is modified to provide that the entities make reports on seized liquor to the Board on a periodic basis. 

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested. 

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Carter Mitchell, Liquor Control Board. 

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented. 

House Committee - Testimony For: Local law enforcement agencies are capable of handling seized liquor and it is a waste of time for the Liquor Control Board to send an officer to inventory the liquor. 

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.