CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6465

Chapter 131, Laws of 2012

62nd Legislature
2012 Regular Session



RAFFLES OVER FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/07/12

Passed by the Senate February 11, 2012
  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House February 28, 2012
  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

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.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved March 29, 2012, 2:31 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 29, 2012







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 6465
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Passed Legislature - 2012 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2012 Regular Session

By Senators Holmquist Newbry and Kohl-Welles

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.


         Passed by the Senate February 11, 2012.
         Passed by the House February 28, 2012.
         Approved by the Governor March 29, 2012.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 29, 2012.