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Statutes > Washington > Title-66 > 66-08 > 66-08-070Purchase of liquor by board — Consignment not prohibited — Warranty or affirmation not required for wine or malt purchases.
(1) Every order for the purchase of liquor shall be authorized by the board, and no order for liquor shall be valid or binding unless it is so authorized and signed by the board or its authorized designee.
(2) A duplicate of every such order shall be kept on file in the office of the board.
(3) All cancellations of such orders made by the board shall be signed in the same manner and duplicates thereof kept on file in the office of the board. Nothing in this title shall be construed as preventing the board from accepting liquor on consignment.
(4) In the purchase of wine or malt beverages the board shall not require, as a term or condition of purchase, any warranty or affirmation with respect to the relationship of the price charged the board to any price charged any other buyer.
[1985 c 226 § 2; 1973 1st ex.s. c 209 § 1; 1933 ex.s. c 62 § 67; RRS § 7306-67.]
Notes: Severability -- 1973 1st ex.s. c 209: "If any phrase, clause, subsection or section of this 1973 amendatory act shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted this 1973 amendatory act without the phrase, clause, subsection or section so held unconstitutional or invalid and the remainder of the act shall not be affected as a result of said part being held unconstitutional or invalid." [1973 1st ex.s. c 209 § 21.]
Effective date -- 1973 1st ex.s. c 209: "This 1973 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1973." [1973 1st ex.s. c 209 § 22.]
