| Passed by the Senate February 11, 2012 YEAS 47 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House February 28, 2012 YEAS 98 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6465 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2012 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/24/12. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.
AN ACT Relating to raffles exceeding five thousand dollars; and amending RCW 9.46.0315.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 9.46.0315 and 1991 c 192 s 4 are each amended to read
as follows:
Bona fide charitable or bona fide nonprofit organizations organized
primarily for purposes other than the conduct of raffles, are hereby
authorized to conduct raffles without obtaining a license to do so from
the commission when such raffles are held in accordance with all other
requirements of this chapter, other applicable laws, and rules of the
commission; when gross revenues from all such raffles held by the
organization during the calendar year do not exceed five thousand
dollars; and when tickets to such raffles are sold only to, and winners
are determined only from among, the regular members of the organization
conducting the raffle. The organization may provide unopened
containers of beverages containing alcohol as raffle prizes if the
appropriate permit has been obtained from the liquor control board:
PROVIDED, That raffles that exceed five thousand dollars may also be
conducted pursuant to the provisions of this section if the
organization obtains a license from the commission: PROVIDED FURTHER,
That the term members for this purpose shall mean only those persons
who have become members prior to the commencement of the raffle and
whose qualification for membership was not dependent upon, or in any
way related to, the purchase of a ticket, or tickets, for such raffles.