Washington Code 66.28.170 – Wine or malt beverage manufacturers — Discrimination in price to purchaser for resale prohibited — Price differentials
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It is unlawful for a manufacturer of spirits, wine, or malt beverages holding a certificate of approval or the manufacturer’s authorized representative, a distillery, brewery, or a domestic winery to discriminate in price in selling to any purchaser for resale in the state of Washington. Price differentials for sales of spirits or wine based upon competitive conditions, costs of servicing a purchaser’s account, efficiencies in handling goods, or other bona fide business factors, to the extent the differentials are not unlawful under trade regulation laws applicable to goods of all kinds, do not violate this section.
[ 2012 c 2 § 119 (Initiative Measure No. 1183, approved November 8, 2011); 2004 c 160 § 17; 1997 c 321 § 50; 1985 c 226 § 3.]
NOTES:
Finding—Application—Rules—Effective date—Contingent effective date—2012 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1183): See notes following RCW 66.24.620.
Effective date—2004 c 160: See note following RCW 66.04.010.
Effective date—1997 c 321: See note following RCW 66.24.010.
Terms Used In Washington Code 66.28.170
- Authorized representative: means a person who:
Washington Code 66.04.010brewery: means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing beer and malt liquor. See Washington Code 66.04.010 Domestic winery: means a place where wines are manufactured or produced within the state of Washington. See Washington Code 66.04.010 Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the preparation of liquor for sale, in any form whatsoever. See Washington Code 66.04.010 Spirits: means any beverage which contains alcohol obtained by distillation, except flavored malt beverages, but including wines exceeding twenty-four percent of alcohol by volume. See Washington Code 66.04.010 Wine: means any alcoholic beverage obtained by fermentation of fruits (grapes, berries, apples, et cetera) or other agricultural product containing sugar, to which any saccharine substances may have been added before, during or after fermentation, and containing not more than twenty-four percent of alcohol by volume, including sweet wines fortified with wine spirits, such as port, sherry, muscatel, and angelica, not exceeding twenty-four percent of alcohol by volume and not less than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume. See Washington Code 66.04.010