WSR 21-03-070

PERMANENT RULES

GAMBLING COMMISSION

[Filed January 19, 2021, 12:48 p.m., effective February 19, 2021]

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

Purpose: SB 6120 was signed on March 26, 2020, which amended RCW 9.46.0209 (1)(i) to include "scientific" to the list of purposes of which a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization may be organized or operated and therefore qualify for licensure to operate gambling activities under the Gambling Act. The gambling commission needed to adopt rule language defining "scientific" as authorized in RCW 9.46.0209.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 230-03-133 Defining "scientific."

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 20-17-139 [20-24-027] on January 14, 2021 [November 20, 2020].

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 14, 2021.

Ashlie Laydon

Rules Coordinator

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