PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: March 13, 2003.
Purpose: Amend WAC 260-48-630 Closing of wagering in a race, to clarify the commission's responsibility during live racing, and the association's responsibility during a simulcast race.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-48-630 Closing of wagering in a race.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-04-089 on February 4, 2003.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
March 14, 2003
R. M. Leichner
Executive Secretary
(2) Coincident with the start of any simulcast race, the association shall be responsible to ensure that wagering is closed for the race after which time no parimutuel tickets shall be sold for that race.
(3) (((2)))The association shall maintain in good order
an electrical or other system approved by the commission for
locking of parimutuel machines.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 67.16.040. 96-10-014, § 260-48-630, filed 4/19/96, effective 6/11/96.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.