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SENATE BILL 6064
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By Senator Prentice
Read first time 03/01/1999. Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing & Financial Institutions.
AN ACT Relating to social card games; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature declares that the decision to authorize house-banked social card games has increased employment opportunities for Washington residents and led to increased tax revenues for local governments. The legislature further declares that its policy of exclusive state authority for the licensing and regulation of gambling activities has served the state well, and has significantly reduced the opportunity for, or likelihood of, corruption in the operation of social card games. The legislature further declares that further study on the gambling policy of the state is advisable.
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