WSR 16-05-072
PERMANENT RULES
HORSE RACING COMMISSION
[Filed February 16, 2016, 7:06 a.m., effective March 18, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Adds a time restriction in which a trainer can assume responsibility for a horse that was previously in their care to curtail entry day transfer[s] that attempt to circumvent the number of horses a trainer may enter in an overnight race.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-28-100.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-02-068 on January 4, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: February 12, 2016.
Douglas L. Moore
Executive Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 07-07-007, filed 3/8/07, effective 4/8/07)
WAC 260-28-100 Change of trainers.
(1) If an owner changes trainers, he/she must notify the racing commission within seventy-two hours. This form must be signed by the new trainer acknowledging that he/she accepts responsibility for the horse or horses, and by the previous trainer to release any obligations in connection with the horse or horses.
(2) Following a transfer of trainers, the horse may not be transferred back to the original trainer for a minimum of thirty days without approval of the board of stewards.