The Washington Liquor State Licensing, Initiative 1183, will appear on the November 2011 statewide ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People.
The measure would close state liquor stores; allow state licensing of private parties. Privately owned stores would be required to have at least 10,000 square feet of retail space to sell and distribute liquor.[1]
The initiative calls for a 17 percent fee from retailers on all liquor sales, as well as other fees from distributors. The fee was developed in response to opponents of the2010 measure who previously argued that the proposal would have cut millions of dollars from state revenue. In fiscal 2010, the state of Washington received an estimated $302 million from selling liquor.[2]
The state office estimates that the 2011 initiative may generate an estimated $42 million a year for the state and about $38 million for local government over the span of six years.[3]
Additionally, the proposal would limit the number of stores that sell liquor and makes no changes to the way in which beer is distributed and sold.[2]
According to proponents, the proposed measure would generate $200 million more than the current system for both state and local governments in the measure's first two years of enactment.[4]
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