WSR 13-19-051

PERMANENT RULES

GAMBLING COMMISSION

[Order 691—Filed September 16, 2013, 8:41 a.m., effective October 17, 2013]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: The adopted rule change adds language to ensure licensees know they are obligated to pay the license fee for the entire year, regardless if they go out of business halfway through the year, surrender their license, or have their license revoked during the license year. It also removed language that gross gambling receipts during the first half of the year cannot exceed fifty percent of the annual gross gambling receipts for licensees that use the two-part payment plan.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 230-05-015.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-15-039 on July 11, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: September 16, 2013.

Susan Newer

Rules Coordinator

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 06-07-157, filed 3/22/06, effective 1/1/08)

WAC 230-05-015 Two-part payment plan for license fees.

(1) If you are renewing an annual license or applying for an additional license, you may pay the license fee in two payments if:

(a) You elect to participate; and

(b) The license fee is at least eight hundred dollars; and

(c) You pay an administrative processing fee as set out in WAC 230-05-020 or 230-05-030, plus one-half of the annual license fee at the time of application or renewal.

(2) We issue licenses under the two-part payment plan with an expiration date of not more than one year and a second-half payment due date.

(a) If we receive your second-half payment on or before the due date, the license will remain in effect until the expiration date.

(b) If you ((fail to)) do not submit the second-half payment on or before the due date, the license expires and gambling activities must stop. You must pay us the second-half payment regardless if you stop operating the gambling activity, close your business, surrender your license, or your license is revoked. If you do not pay the second-half payment, we may take action against other licenses you hold or refer the debt to collections, or both.

(((3) Your gross gambling receipts during the first-half payment period must not exceed fifty percent of the authorized class limitation for annual gross gambling receipts. Licensees whose gross gambling receipts exceed fifty percent of the authorized level must apply for a license at the appropriate license class and pay the full upgrade fee, plus an administrative processing fee, as set out in WAC 230-05-020 and 230-05-030.))