| Passed by the House February 27, 2009 Yeas 93 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 8, 2009 Yeas 43 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1053 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved April 20, 2009, 2:12 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 20, 2009 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
Prefiled 12/30/08. Read first time 01/12/09. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to raffle ticket prices; and amending RCW 9.46.0277.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 9.46.0277 and 1995 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 1 are each amended
to read as follows:
"Raffle," as used in this chapter, means a game in which tickets
bearing an individual number are sold for not more than ((twenty-five))
one hundred dollars each and in which a prize or prizes are awarded on
the basis of a drawing from the tickets by the person or persons
conducting the game, when the game is conducted by a bona fide
charitable or nonprofit organization, no person other than a bona fide
member of the organization takes any part in the management or
operation of the game, and no part of the proceeds thereof inure to the
benefit of any person other than the organization conducting the game.