HORSE RACING COMMISSION

[Filed March 18, 2019, 10:20 a.m., effective April 18, 2019]

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

Purpose: To amend the fingerprint requirement to exempt certain applicants based on age.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-36-100.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 19-03-002 on January 2, 2019.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: March 18, 2019.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 10-17-071, filed 8/13/10, effective 9/13/10)

WAC 260-36-100Fingerprints.

(1) Every person, between the ages of eighteen and sixty-nine, applying for a license must furnish the commission his or her fingerprints upon making an initial application for a license.

Persons who have previously held a license while under the age of eighteen must furnish fingerprints in the license period which follows their eighteenth birthday whenever an application is submitted.

(2) Following the initial application, each person that meets the requirements in subsection (1) of this section must then submit fingerprints at an interval determined by the commission. However, the commission, executive secretary, stewards, or security investigators, in their discretion, may require fingerprints from any applicant or licensee, regardless of age, at any time.

(3) If fingerprints are requested for any applicant or licensee over the age of sixty-nine or under the age of eighteen, the entire cost of submission will be due at time of processing.

(4) If an applicant fails to furnish fingerprints, the stewards may suspend the license or deny, and/or assess a fine.