| Passed by the House February 17, 2014 Yeas 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 7, 2014 Yeas 48 ________________________________________ 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 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2125 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2014 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/03/14.
AN ACT Relating to removing the requirements that all fines collected be credited to the Washington horse racing commission class C purse fund account; and amending RCW 67.16.270.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 67.16.270 and 2004 c 246 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
Upon making a determination that an individual or licensee has
violated a commission rule, the board of stewards may assess a fine,
suspend or revoke a person's license, or any combination of these
penalties. The commission must adopt by rule standard penalties for a
rules violation. All fines collected must be deposited in the
Washington horse racing commission ((class C purse fund account,
created in RCW 67.16.285, and used as authorized in RCW 67.16.105(3).))
operating account. The funds accrued by the assessed fines will be
used to support nonprofit race meets as authorized in RCW 67.16.280(2).
If no dates for nonprofit racing are requested or approved, the fines
will remain in the Washington horse racing commission operating
account.