WSR 14-03-056 PERMANENT RULES HORSE RACING COMMISSION [Filed January 13, 2014, 7:34 a.m., effective February 13, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To amend how pools are refunded on horses declared nonstarters to reflect current software capabilities.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-52-030.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-23-042 on November 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: January 10, 2014.
Douglas L. Moore
Executive Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 08-05-088, filed 2/15/08, effective 3/17/08)
WAC 260-52-030 Starting the race.
(1) The starter is responsible for assuring that each participant receives a fair start.
(2) If, when the starter dispatches the field, any door at the front of the starting gate stalls does not open properly or if the action by any starting gate personnel directly cause a horse to receive an unfair start, the stewards may declare such a horse a nonstarter.
(3) Should a horse not be in the starting gate stall at the time the starting gates are opened, the horse will be declared a nonstarter by the stewards.
(4) Should an accident or malfunction of the starting gate, or other unforeseeable event occur during the running of the race, which compromises the fairness of the race or the safety of the participants, the stewards may declare individual horses to be nonstarters, exclude individual horses from ((one or more)) all parimutuel pools or declare a "no contest" and refund all wagers except as otherwise provided in the rules involving multirace wagers.
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