Liquor revenue/local gov.

AN ACT Relating to restoring liquor sales revenue distributions 1
to local governments; amending RCW 66.08.190 and 66.08.200; and 2
repealing RCW 66.24.065. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
Sec. 1. RCW 66.08.190 and 2012 2nd sp.s. c 5 s 8 are each 5
amended to read as follows: 6
(((1) Prior to making distributions described in subsection (2) 7
of this section, amounts must be retained to support allotments under 8
RCW 43.88.110 from any legislative appropriation for municipal 9
research and services. The legislative appropriation for such 10
services must be in the amount specified under RCW 66.24.065.11
(2))) When excess funds are distributed during the months of 12
June, September, December, and March of each year, all moneys subject 13
to distribution must be disbursed ((to border areas, counties, 14
cities, and towns as provided in RCW 66.24.065.15
(3) The amount remaining after distributions under subsections 16
(1) and (2) of this section must be deposited into the general fund )) 17
as follows:18
(1) Three-tenths of one percent to border areas; and19
(2) From the amount remaining after distributions under 20
subsection (1) of this section, (a) 50 percent to the general fund 21
S-0641.1
SENATE BILL 5389
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senators Wagoner and J. Wilson
Read first time 01/21/25. Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
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state, (b) 10 percent to the counties of the state, and (c) 40 1
percent to the incorporated cities and towns of the state.2
Sec. 2. RCW 66.08.200 and 2012 2nd sp.s. c 5 s 10 are each 3
amended to read as follows: 4
With respect to the ((distribution of funds )) 10 percent share 5
coming to the counties, the computations for distribution must be 6
made by the state agency responsible for collecting the same as 7
follows: 8
(1) The share coming to each eligible county must be determined 9
by a division among the eligible counties according to the relation 10
which the population of the unincorporated area of such eligible 11
county, as last determined by the office of financial management, 12
bears to the population of the total combined unincorporated areas of 13
all eligible counties, as determined by the office of financial 14
management. However, no county in which the sale of liquor is 15
forbidden in the unincorporated area thereof as the result of an 16
election is entitled to share in such distribution. "Unincorporated 17
area" means all that portion of any county not included within the 18
limits of incorporated cities and towns. 19
(2) When a special county census has been conducted for the 20
purpose of determining the population base of a county's 21
unincorporated area for use in the distribution of liquor funds, the 22
census figure becomes effective for the purpose of distributing funds 23
as of the official census date once the census results have been 24
certified by the office of financial management and officially 25
submitted to the office of the secretary of state.26
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. RCW 66.24.065 (Spirits license fee 27
distribution) and 2012 c 2 s 302 are each repealed.28
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