(1) No club shall be
entitled to a spirits, beer, and wine private club license:
(a) Unless such private club has been in continuous
operation for at least one year immediately prior to the date of
its application for such license;
(b) Unless the private club premises be constructed and
equipped, conducted, managed, and operated to the satisfaction of
the board and in accordance with this title and the regulations
made thereunder;
(c) Unless the board shall have determined pursuant to any
regulations made by it with respect to private clubs, that such
private club is a bona fide private club; it being the intent of
this section that license shall not be granted to a club which
is, or has been, primarily formed or activated to obtain a
license to sell liquor, but solely to a bona fide private club,
where the sale of liquor is incidental to the main purposes of
the spirits, beer, and wine private club, as defined in *RCW 66.04.010(7).
(2) The annual fee for a spirits, beer, and wine private
club license, whether inside or outside of an incorporated city
or town, is seven hundred twenty dollars per year.
(3) The board may issue an endorsement to the spirits, beer,
and wine private club license that allows up to forty nonclub,
member-sponsored events using club liquor. Visitors and guests
may attend these events only by invitation of the sponsoring
member or members. These events may not be open to the general
public. The fee for the endorsement shall be an annual fee of
nine hundred dollars. Upon the board's request, the holder of
the endorsement must provide the board or the board's designee
with the following information at least seventy-two hours prior
to the event: The date, time, and location of the event; the
name of the sponsor of the event; and a brief description of the
purpose of the event.
(4) The board may issue an endorsement to the spirits, beer,
and wine private club license that allows the holder of a
spirits, beer, and wine private club license to sell for
off-premises consumption wine vinted and bottled in the state of
Washington and carrying a label exclusive to the license holder
selling the wine. Spirits and beer may not be sold for
off-premises consumption under this section. The annual fee for
the endorsement under this chapter [section] is one hundred
twenty dollars.
[2001 c 199 § 1; 1999 c 281 § 5. Prior: 1998 c 126 § 9; 1998 c 114 § 1; 1997 c 321 § 30; 1981 1st ex.s. c 5 § 18; 1949 c 5 § 6; 1937 c 217 § 1 (23T) (adding new section 23-T to 1933 ex.s. c 62); Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7306-23T.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 66.04.010 was amended by 2004 c 160 § 1, changing subsection (7) to subsection (8), effective January 1, 2005.
Effective date -- 1998 c 126: See note following RCW 66.20.010.
Effective date -- 1998 c 114: "This act takes effect July 1, 1998." [1998 c 114 § 3.]
Effective date -- 1997 c 321: See note following RCW 66.24.010.
Severability -- Effective date -- 1981 1st ex.s. c 5: See RCW 66.98.090 and 66.98.100.
Severability -- 1949 c 5: See RCW 66.98.080.