WSR 13-15-040
PERMANENT RULES
GAMBLING COMMISSION
[Order 689—Filed July 11, 2013, 1:29 p.m., effective August 11, 2013]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This new rule establishes procedures and outlines the process when staff withdraws approval of gambling equipment. This new rule helps ensure all approved gambling equipment complies with RCW, WAC, and tribal-state compact.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-09-050 filed on April 15, 2013.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 11, 2013.
Susan Newer
Rules Coordinator
NEW SECTION
WAC 230-06-052 Withdrawing gambling equipment authorization.
If the director or the director's designee withdraws authorization of gambling equipment:
     (1) The director or the director's designee will give the applicant written notice and an opportunity to object to the decision.  If the applicant does not agree with the decision, they may file a petition for declaratory order with the commission to be heard as a full review (de novo) by an administrative law judge, according to RCW 34.05.240 and chapter 230-17 WAC.
(2) The director or the director's designee will provide written notice to other impacted licensees who have the gambling equipment after a final decision is made.