WSR 14-11-022 PERMANENT RULES GAMBLING COMMISSION [Order 700—Filed May 9, 2014, 2:57 p.m., effective July 1, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2014.
Purpose: This new rule ensures the WAC is consistent with RCW 9.46.070(7) by requiring persons holding an "interest" in a building used for a gambling activity to undergo background checks. The rule describes an interest in a building used for a gambling activity is at least fifty-one percent, or less than fifty-one percent interest in a building when there is actual or potential influence or control of the operation of a house-banked card room or a charitable or nonprofit in regulatory groups III, IV, or V.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070(7).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-05-081 on February 18, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 9, 2014.
Susan Newer
Rules Coordinator
NEW SECTION
WAC 230-03-061 Fingerprinting persons holding an interest in the building of house-banked card room licensees or charitable or nonprofit licensees in regulatory groups III, IV, or V.
(1) Persons holding an "interest" in the building of house-banked card room licensees or charitable or nonprofit licensees in regulatory groups III, IV, or V licensees must undergo a national criminal history background check, including fingerprinting.
(2) For those licensees licensed before July 1, 2014, the requirement only applies when there is a change in the:
(a) Location of the house-banked card room; or
(b) Location of the charitable or nonprofit licensee's gambling activity.
(3) An "interest" means:
(a) Having fifty percent or more ownership in the building used for the gambling activity; or
(b) Having less than fifty percent ownership in the building used for the gambling activity and having actual or potential influence over the gambling activity.
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