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HOUSE BILL 1809
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives R. King, Wilson, Nelson and R. Fisher.
Read first time February 11, 1991. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to gambling; amending RCW 9.46.285 and 9.46.295; and repealing RCW 9.46.113.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 9.46.285 and 1973 2nd ex.s. c 41 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
This
chapter constitutes the exclusive legislative authority for the licensing and
regulation of any gambling activity and the state preempts such licensing and
regulatory functions, except as to the powers and duties of any city, town,
city-county, or county which are specifically set forth in this chapter. Any
ordinance, resolution, or other legislative act by any city, town, city-county,
or county relating to gambling ((in existence on September 27, 1973)),
that is inconsistent with the provisions of chapter 9.46 RCW, shall be ((as
of that date)) null and void and of no effect. Any such city, town,
city-county, or county may ((thereafter)) enact only such local law as
is consistent with the powers and duties expressly granted to and imposed upon
it by chapter 9.46 RCW and which is not in conflict with that chapter or with
the rules of the commission.
Sec. 2. RCW 9.46.295 and 1974 ex.s. c 155 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
Any
license to engage in any of the gambling activities authorized by this chapter
((as now exists or as hereafter amended,)) and issued under the
authority thereof shall be legal authority to engage in the gambling activities
for which issued throughout the incorporated and unincorporated area of any
county((, except that a city located therein with respect to that city, or a
county with respect to all areas within that county except for such cities, may
absolutely prohibit, but may not change the scope of license, any or all of the
gambling activities for which the license was issued)).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. RCW 9.46.113 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 166 s 11 are each repealed.