WSR 98-06-018

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

GAMBLING COMMISSION

[Filed February 20, 1998, 1:17 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Gambling services supplier.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 9.46.070.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To open discussion regarding what licensing or certification requirements apply to businesses that provide storage, counting, and recordkeeping services for pull tab and punchboard games.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Ben Bishop, Deputy Director, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7640; Carrie Tellefson, Director of Policy, Support and Enforcement, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7640; or Soojin Kim, Rules and Policy Coordinator, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7654 ext. 310. Meetings at Holiday Inn Sea-Tac, 17338 International Boulevard, SeaTac, WA 98188, (206) 248-1000; at The Inn at Semi-ah-moo, 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine, WA 98230-9326, (360) 371-2000; or at the Maple Hall Convention Center, 104 Community Street, La Conner, WA 98257, (360) 466-3101.

Soojin Kim