WSR 07-24-016

PROPOSED RULES

GAMBLING COMMISSION


[ Filed November 27, 2007, 11:31 a.m. ]

     Original Notice.

     Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 07-20-004.

     Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 230-15-025 Hours of operation.

     Hearing Location(s): DoubleTree Guest Suites, 16500 Southcenter Parkway, Seattle, WA 98188, (206) 575-8220, on January 11, 2008, at 9:30 a.m.

     Date of Intended Adoption: January 11, 2008.

     Submit Written Comments to: Susan Arland, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, e-mail Susana@wsgc.wa.gov, fax (360) 486-3625, by January 1, 2008.

     Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Gail Grate, Executive Assistant, by January 1, 2008, TTY (360) 486-3637 or (360) 486-3453.

     Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The petitioner, a poker player, is requesting to allow card rooms to use their premises for card playing twenty-four hours a day, five days a week and twenty hours a day, two days a week.

     Reasons Supporting Proposal: See above.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070.

     Statute Being Implemented: Not applicable.

     Name of Proponent: Andrew Kimmerlee, private.

     Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Susan Arland, Rules Coordinator, Lacey, (360) 486-3466; Implementation: Rick Day, Director, Lacey, (360) 486-3446; and Enforcement: Mark Harris, Assistant Director, Lacey, (360) 486-3579.

     No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. A small business economic impact statement has not been prepared pursuant to RCW 19.85.025 because the rule change would not impose additional costs on card rooms. If a card room chooses to operate additional hours, they would have higher staffing costs.

     A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. The Washington state gambling commission is not an agency that is statutorily required to prepare a cost-benefit analysis under RCW 34.05.328.

November 27, 2007

Susan Arland

Rules Coordinator

OTS-1216.1


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 608, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08)

WAC 230-15-025   Hours of play.   (1) Licensees must not allow the use of their premises for card playing between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless we approve different hours.

     (2) Licensees may request, in writing, different hours of operation. Once the request is received, we will consult with the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the licensee's business and with other state agencies involved in regulation of the business. We may allow licensees to adjust closing hours, but licensees must:

     (a) Open the food and/or drink business being stimulated to the public for business any time licensees are conducting card games; and

     (b) Have a licensed card room employee on duty and in the licensed card game area at all times during the hours of operation of a Class E, Class F, or house-banked card games; and

     (c) Observe a four-hour period of closure at the end of ((each business day)) at least two business days a week before beginning the next period of operation; and

     (d) Comply with any other terms and conditions we require.

     (3) We may deny the request for extended hours or revoke hours already approved if:

     (a) The local law enforcement agency or a state agency objects; or

     (b) We determine that the licensee has violated any provisions of chapter 9.46 RCW, any other commission rule, or any of the terms set forth in subsection (1) of this section.

     (4) Licensees must submit all objections to revocations of operating hours in writing.

     (5) If requested, we allow the licensee an opportunity for a brief adjudicative proceeding (BAP) before denying or revoking the licensee's authorization for extended card game hours. An administrative law judge hears the BAP, under the provisions of TITLE 230 WAC and chapter 34.05 RCW.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), § 230-15-025, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]

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