WSR 24-12-002
PERMANENT RULES
GAMBLING COMMISSION
[Filed May 22, 2024, 1:59 p.m., effective June 22, 2024]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This new rule provides clear language to ensure that adjacent card rooms operate as separate and distinct licensed business premises. Additionally, this rule will be located in chapter 230-03 WAC, which relates to prelicensing procedures, rather than in chapter 230-06 WAC, which details rules for all licenses.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 230-03-182; and repealing WAC 230-06-046.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW
9.46.070.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-06-015 and 24-07-074 on February 26, 2024, and March 18, 2024.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 22, 2024.
Adam Amorine
Legal Manager and Rules Coordinator
OTS-5132.3
NEW SECTION
WAC 230-03-182Additional requirements for nonhouse-banked, Class F, and house-banked card rooms.
(1) The licensed business premises of nonhouse-banked, Class F, and house-banked card rooms may not be adjacent to each other unless:
(a) Each is a fully separate and distinct licensed business premises; and
(b) There is a solid wall, with no internal access, between the two premises; and
(c) Each licensed business premises must operate as an independent commercial stimulant as defined in RCW
9.46.0217.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to nonhouse-banked, Class F, and house-banked card room physical locations that have any of the features listed in subsection (1) of this section and were licensed as of July 1, 2018.
(3) Adjacent card rooms must post signs at each entrance that is accessible by the public to clearly notify customers of the licensed business premises' identity.