Liquor Initiatives I-1100 and I-1105

Contents

• What Are the Liquor Initiatives?
• Initiative Websites
• Information on Impact of Initiatives on Local and State Government
• Liquor Funds Distribution to State and Local Governments
• Local Government Documents
• News Articles, Editorials and Opinions
• Related MRSC Pages
  • Election Campaigns - Contains guidelines on supporting and opposing ballot propositions

What Are the Liquor Initiatives?

• Text of Initiative 1100  () - Summary: This measure would close state liquor stores; authorize sale, distribution, and importation of spirits by private parties; and repeal certain requirements that govern the business operations of beer and wine distributors and producers. I-1100 maintains the liquor excise tax but repeals the liquor profits distribution since the system would be privatized and profits go to the retailers. 
• Text of Initiative 1105  () - Summary: This measure would close all state liquor stores and license private parties to sell or distribute spirits. It would revise laws concerning regulation, taxation and government revenues from distribution and sale of spirits. I-1105 removes both the liquor excise tax and liquor profit distributions. I-1105 has intent language in Section 101(1) that the privatization of liquor sales and distribution “not result in revenue losses to state or local governments” and then more prescriptive language in Section 101(3) directing the Liquor Control Board to recommend to the Legislature “a rate of taxation that, along with other spirits-related revenue sources, would project to generate at least the same annual revenue for the state and local jurisdictions as under the current state control system…” 

Initiative Websites

• Initiative 1100
  • Support -Modernize Washington
  • Oppose - Protect Our Communities
  • Oppose - UFCW 21 Opposing Liquor Store Privatization Initiative - United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 21
• Initiative 1105
  • Support - Washington Citizens for Liquor Reform
  • Oppose - Protect Our Communities
• Ballotpedia Wiki on 1100 and 1105
  • Washington Privatize State Liquor Stores Act, Initiative 1100 (2010)
  • Washington Revise State Liquor Laws, Initiative 1105 (2010)

Information on Impact of Initiatives on Local and State Government

• Fiscal Impact Statement for Initiative 1100 - Washington State Office of Financial Management
• Fiscal Impact Statement for Initiative 1105 - Washington State Office of Financial Management
• Liquor Initiatives - Association of Washington Cities
• Initiatives 1100 & 1105: The Privatization of Liquor (), Association of Washington Cities, September 2010; also see AWC list of city resolutions and AWC Initiative Information
• Liquor Initiatives—Communicate Impacts Now - AWC Webinar - Recording  and Handout ()

Liquor Funds Distribution to State and Local Governments

• Liquor Revenues (), Budget Suggestions for 2011, MRSC Information Bulletin No. 536, August 2010
• Revenue Distribution to Cities, Towns, and Counties - State Treasurer
  •  Liquor Board Profits - State Treasurer
  •  Liquor Excise Tax - State Treasurer
• Where your Liquor Dollars Go - Lists proceeds received by cities and counties
• Liquor Sales and Distribution  in State Government Performance Review  -  Opportunities for Washington, Reissued January 10, 2010, Washington  State Auditor
• States with Liquor Control Boards - Washington State Liquor Control Board

Local Government Documents

• Bellingham Resolution No. 1027 () - Resolution to oppose Initiatives 1100 and 1105, passed October 11, 2010 
• Lacey City Council Passes Resolution Opposing Initiative 1100 and Initiative 1105, Press Release, September 28, 2010
  • Lacey Resolution No. 965 () - Opposing I-1100 and I-1105 
• Normandy Park, Liquor Initiatives Impact City Finances, City Managers Report, September 10, 2010 
• Richland  Local impacts of Statewide “Liquor Initiatives” ()
• Tacoma Resolution No. 38124 () - Re:  I 11000 and Resolution No. 38125 () - RE: I-1105
• Thurston County Resolution No. 14415 () - Opposing  Initiatives 1100 and 1105, October 5, 2010
• Tumwater Resolution No. R2010-016 () - Expressing its opposition to Initiatives 1100 and 1105, October 5, 2010 
• Vancouver Staff Report No. 123-10 () - Memo from City Manager to Mayor and City Council,  Re: Council Resolution in Opposition to Initiatives I-1100 and I-1105,  October 11, 2010
  • Vancouver Resolution No. M-3726 () - Re: 1100 and 1105, Passed October 11, 2010 
• Other resolutions re Initiatives 1100 and  1105 (All are  files): Auburn Resolution No. 4639 - Cheney Resolution No. D 854 and Resolution No. D 855 - Qunicy Resolution No. 235 and Resolution No. 236 - Sumner Resolution No. 1308 - Tumwater Resolution No. R2010-016 - Woodland Draft Resolution No. 600

News Articles, Editorials and Opinions

Editor's Note - These articles represent opinions and may contain factual errors

• Successful liquor initiatives could cost millions, by Melissa Allison, Seattle Times, October 27, 2010 
• State may give away the store on liquor measures, by Danny Westneat, Seattle Times, October 26, 2010 
• In the Crucible - Boiling down Initiatives 1100 & 1105, by Sean Sullivan, Washington Wine Report - Four part series on Initiative 1100 and 1105
• Update: Liquor Privatization Measures Would Impair Public Priorities, Posted by Andy Nicholas, Washington State Budget and Policy Center Schmudget Blog, October 19, 2010
• Editorial: I-1100 finds balance in privatizing liquor sales, The Spokesman-Review, October 14, 2010 
• Passage of both liquor initiatives? Legal outcome not easy to predict, by Jack Broom and Melissa Allison, Seattle Times, October 16, 2010
• Initiatives 1100 and 1105: Ending the State’s Liquor Monopoly (), Policy Brief  10-22, Washington Research Council, October 14, 2010
• Liquor initiatives could reduce cities’ revenue - Officials : Every dollar needed in current economy, by Marissa Harshman, Columbian, October 12, 2010.
• Thurston County Board of Commissioners Passes Resolution Opposing I-1100 & I-1105, Olympia Blog, October 5, 2010
• Many parts to liquor Initiatives 1100 and 1105, by Melissa Allison, Seattle Times, September 22, 2010  via News Tribune
• Liquor sales ballot measures worry local governments, by Christian Hill, News Tribune, September 22, 2010
• Initiative 1100 best route for Washington state to get out of retail liquor business, Seattle Times Editorial Board, September 17, 2010
• Cities fear loss of liquor revenue - Initiatives: State tallies losses if measures pass (Thurston County), by Matt Batcheldor, News Tribune, September 16, 2010 
• Liquor initiatives could cost Pasco $1M each year, by Kristi Pihl, Tri City Herald , September 15, 2010, via News Tribune Link. 
• Mix of liquor initiatives add to Island County's budget woes, by Jessie Stensland,  Whidbey News Times,  via Seattle PI.com
• Vote 'no' I-1100, 1105; Leg should privatize booze, by Seattle PI.com  Editorial Board, September 9, 2010
• Shaken Not Stirred: What Happens When Competing Liquor Initiatives Don't Mix (), by Michelle Radosevich, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, City Vision, September 2010
• Initiative campaigns attract $30 million in state, by  Jim Camden, The Spokesman-Review, September 5, 2010
• Costco wants to change liquor rules in Washington state; voters will decide in November, Chicago Tribune, August 26, 2010
• Poll: Voters favor liquor privatization initiatives,  Seattle PI Blogs,  August 24, 2010
• Liquor initiatives stir up old dispute, Seattle Times, August 21, 2010
• Report says state will lose money if liquor initiatives pass, by Melissa Allison, Seattle Times, August 12, 2010
• Battle of the Booze: Competing Privatization Initiatives Offer More Questions Than Answers, by Rick Anderson , Seattle Weekly,  July 28,  2010
• Two Liquor-Store Initiatives Heading for the Ballot -- What Happens if Both Pass? Battle Could Set Precedent in More Ways Than One, by Erik Smith, Washington State Wire
• Food, Beverage and Hospitality Law Alert: Dueling Liquor Privatization Initiatives in Washington State: What do the Initiatives Say and Who are the Players?  Stoel Rives Legal Updates, June 28, 2010
• I-1100 is a major threat to public safety that will cost taxpayers  - Washington State Labor Council  Reports, June 25, 2010
• The Pros and Cons of Initiative I-1100 – Liquor Sales in Washington State, Kirkland Views, June 23, 2010  
• Analyzing the Dueling Liquor Privatization Initiatives, by Vernal Coleman, The Weekly Seattle Blogs,  June 21, 2010
• Happy hour or hangover? Liquor privatization bills spark backlash  - Foes say measures would hurt state taxes; not so, say others, by Chirst Grygiel, SeattlePI.com, June 20, 2010
• Dueling Booze Initiatives Could Each Cost the State Millions,  posted by Cienna Madrid, The Stranger June 17, 2010
• Reset 2010: Initiative 1100, privatization of liquor, Seattle Times Northwest Source, Letters to Editor