BILL REQ. #:  S-5209.1 



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SENATE BILL 6894
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State of Washington59th Legislature2006 Regular Session

By Senators Jacobsen, Honeyford, Sheldon, Weinstein and Berkey

Read first time 02/11/2006.   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.



     AN ACT Relating to gambling commission background checks; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature intends that the gambling commission, in exercising its oversight pursuant to RCW 9.46.070(7), shall not require review of individual shareholders of corporations publicly traded on a major exchange, including the New York stock exchange, American stock exchange, or NASDAQ national market, that are regulated by the United States securities and exchange commission and in full compliance therewith when said corporations are included in the ownership structure of applications for licenses to operate amusement games.

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