Washington § 66.12.240 - Wedding boutiques and art galleries.

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§ 66.12.240. Wedding boutiques and art galleries.

(1) Nothing in this title applies to or prevents a wedding boutique or art gallery from offering or supplying without charge wine or beer by the individual glass to a customer for consumption on the premises. However, the customer must be at least twenty-one years of age and may only be offered one glass of wine or beer, and wine or beer served or consumed must be purchased from a Washington state licensed retailer at full retail price. A wedding boutique or art gallery offering wine or beer without charge may not advertise the service of complimentary wine or beer and may not sell wine or beer in any manner. Any employee involved in the service of wine or beer must complete a board-approved limited alcohol server training program.
(2) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Art gallery" means a room or building devoted to the exhibition and/or sale of the works of art.
(b) "Wedding boutique" means a business primarily engaged in the sale of wedding merchandise.
[ 2016 c 235 s 5; 2009 c 361 s 1.]

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