RCW 66.16.041
Credit and debit card purchases -- Rules -- Provision, installation, maintenance of equipment by board -- Consideration of offsetting liquor revolving fund balance reduction -- Compliance with electronic benefit card provisions.


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

(1) The state liquor control board shall accept bank credit card and debit cards for purchases in state liquor stores, under such rules as the board may adopt. The board shall authorize contract liquor stores appointed under RCW 66.08.050 to accept bank credit cards and debit cards for liquor purchases under this title, under such rules as the board may adopt.

     (2) If a contract liquor store chooses to use credit or debit cards for liquor purchases, the board shall provide equipment and installation and maintenance of the equipment necessary to implement the use of credit and debit cards. Any equipment provided by the board to a contract liquor store for this purpose may be used only for the purchase of liquor.

     (3) It is the board's responsibility to ensure that the equipment used by the contract liquor stores to accept debit or credit cards for liquor purchases complies with the requirements of RCW 74.08.580(2) with regard to point-of-sale machines.

     (4) It is the contract liquor store's responsibility to comply with the requirements of RCW 74.08.580(2) pertaining to the use of electronic benefit transfer cards in ATM machines located on the contract liquor store premises. The board shall immediately suspend the contract it has with the contract liquor store if it receives information that the store has not complied with RCW 74.08.580(2). The board may reinstate the suspended contract when the contract liquor store has complied with RCW 74.08.580(2).

[2011 1st sp.s. c 42 § 16; 2005 c 151 § 6; 2004 c 63 § 2; 1998 c 265 § 3; 1997 c 148 § 2; 1996 c 291 § 2.]

NOTES:

     Findings -- Intent -- Effective date -- 2011 1st sp.s. c 42: See notes following RCW 74.08A.260.

     Finding -- 2011 1st sp.s. c 42: See note following RCW 74.04.004.

     Intent -- 1998 c 265: "It is the intent of the legislature that expenditures associated with the implementation of using credit and debit cards in state liquor stores and agency liquor vendor stores not have a negative impact to the liquor revolving fund balance and that transfers to the state general fund, the cities, and the counties not be reduced because of these costs." [1998 c 265 § 1.]