SB 5287-S.E - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 4/22/05)

Provides that the commission shall neither issue nor renew any license to engage in a house-banked card game except in a location specified in a license to conduct a house-banked card game approved pursuant to this act, or that, as of March 10, 2005: (1) Is approved by the commission, is in effect, and is not subsequently a license at issue in an application for relocation submitted pursuant to this act; or

(2) Has been submitted to and has not subsequently been denied by the commission.

Provides that a licensee authorized to engage in house-banked card games pursuant to a license described in this act may continue to engage only in gambling activity authorized under the license unless, on the renewal date of the license, the city, town, city- county, or county with jurisdiction over the location identified in the license has in effect an ordinance, resolution, or other legislative act adopted pursuant to this act prohibiting such gambling activity.

Declares that nothing in this act authorizes any city, town, city-county, or county to adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution, or other legislative act changing or purporting to change any provision within the scope of a license issued under chapter 9.46 RCW.

Provides that an application to relocate a licensed premise under this act shall not be approved, and if previously approved, the license to engage in a house-banked card game at such location shall be revoked and not subsequently issued or renewed in any location, if the licensee who submitted the application under this act, or any director, officer, or other substantial interest holder of the licensed gambling activity, pleads guilty to or is found guilty of any crime constituting, or if prosecuted under the laws of Washington would constitute, a class A, B, or C felony under RCW 9A.20.021 or 9A.20.040 or Title 9 RCW, arising out of any act or acts that occurred at any time the licensee held a license issued by the commission.