WSR 16-06-024
PROPOSED RULES
HORSE RACING COMMISSION
[Filed February 22, 2016, 8:05 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 16-02-121.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Chapter 260-52 WAC, The racePaddock to finish.
Hearing Location(s): Auburn City Council Chambers, 25 West Main, Auburn, WA 98002, on April 8, 2016, at 9:30 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: April 8, 2016.
Submit Written Comments to: Douglas L. Moore, 6326 Martin Way, Suite 209, Olympia, WA 98516-5578, e-mail dmoore@whrc.state.wa.us, fax (360) 459-6461, by April 5, 2016.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Patty Brown by April 5, 2016, TTY (360) 459-6462.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Adds language that describes when purse money is officially deemed as earned for the owners.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Explains that purse money is not officially earned until such time as the post race sample is reported as "clear" by the official laboratory.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: [Horse racing commission], governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: Douglas L. Moore, 6326 Martin Way, Suite 209, Olympia, WA 98516-5578, (360) 459-6462.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Not applicable.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. Not applicable.
February 22, 2016
Douglas L. Moore
Executive Secretary
NEW SECTION
WAC 260-52-075 Declaring race "official" in respect to purses.
No purse money may be officially won by the owners of any horse for which a test sample was submitted until the testing laboratory reports that the sample is clear of prohibited substances or there are no overages of permitted medications. Upon notice of a positive sample by the testing laboratory, no purse may be released to the owners of the horse in question pending a final determination of the alleged infraction.