*** CHANGE IN 2012 *** (SEE INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 1183) ***

By September 1, 2005, the board shall expand operations in at least twenty state-operated retail stores to include Sundays. The board shall select the stores that are expected to gross the most revenues on Sunday by considering factors including, but not limited to, population density, proximity to shopping centers, and proximity to other businesses that are open on Sunday. The selected stores shall be open for retail business a minimum of five hours on Sunday. In implementing this program, if the board determines it would be beneficial to retain a consultant to assist the board in determining appropriate stores for the program and monitoring the results of the program, the agency is authorized to do so. The board shall track gross sales and expenses of the selected stores and compare them to previous years' sales and projected sales and expenses before opening on Sunday. The board shall also examine the sales of state and contract liquor stores in proximity to those stores opened on Sundays to determine whether Sunday openings has [have] reduced the sales of other state and contract liquor stores that are not open on Sundays. The board shall present this information to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by January 31, 2007.

[2005 c 231 § 2.]

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     Severability -- 2005 c 231: See note following RCW 66.08.165.