CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        HOUSE BILL 2353

 

 

                    Chapter 46, Laws of 2000

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

 

 

GAMBLING COMMISSION--CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House February 8, 2000

  Yeas 97   Nays 0

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 8, 2000

  Yeas 37   Nays 7

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2353  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved March 22, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.           

                                FILED                

 

           March 22, 2000 - 3:41 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                          HOUSE BILL 2353

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Wood, Carrell and Hurst; by request of Gambling Commission

 

Read first time 01/11/2000.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Allowing criminal history records to be sent to the Washington state gambling commission. 


    AN ACT Relating to the dissemination of criminal history records to the Washington state gambling commission; and amending RCW 9.46.210.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 9.46.210 and 1981 c 139 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) It shall be the duty of all peace officers, law enforcement officers, and law enforcement agencies within this state to investigate, enforce, and prosecute all violations of this chapter.

    (2) In addition to the authority granted by subsection (1) of this section law enforcement agencies of cities and counties shall investigate and report to the commission all violations of the provisions of this chapter and of the rules of the commission found by them and shall assist the commission in any of its investigations and proceedings respecting any such violations.  Such law enforcement agencies shall not be deemed agents of the commission.

    (3) In addition to its other powers and duties, the commission shall have the power to enforce the penal provisions of chapter 218, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and as it may be amended, and the penal laws of this state relating to the conduct of or participation in gambling activities and the manufacturing, importation, transportation, distribution, possession, and sale of equipment or paraphernalia used or for use in connection therewith.  The director, the deputy director, both assistant directors, and each of the commission's investigators, enforcement officers, and inspectors shall have the power, under the supervision of the commission, to enforce the penal provisions of chapter 218, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and as it may be amended, and the penal laws of this state relating to the conduct of or participation in gambling activities and the manufacturing, importation, transportation, distribution, possession, and sale of equipment or paraphernalia used or for use in connection therewith.  They shall have the power and authority to apply for and execute all warrants and serve process of law issued by the courts in enforcing the penal provisions of chapter 218, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and as it may be amended, and the penal laws of this state relating to the conduct of or participation in gambling activities and the manufacturing, importation, transportation, distribution, possession, and sale of equipment or paraphernalia used or for use in connection therewith.  They shall have the power to arrest without a warrant, any person or persons found in the act of violating any of the penal provisions of chapter 218, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and as it may be amended, and the penal laws of this state relating to the conduct of or participation in gambling activities and the manufacturing, importation, transportation, distribution, possession, and sale of equipment or paraphernalia used or for use in connection therewith.  To the extent set forth above, the commission shall be a law enforcement agency of this state with the power to investigate for violations of and to enforce the provisions of this chapter, as now law or hereafter amended, and to obtain information from and provide information to all other law enforcement agencies.

    (4) Criminal history record information that includes nonconviction data, as defined in RCW 10.97.030, may be disseminated by a criminal justice agency to the Washington state gambling commission for any purpose associated with the investigation for suitability for involvement in gambling activities authorized under this chapter.  The Washington state gambling commission shall only disseminate nonconviction data obtained under this section to criminal justice agencies.


    Passed the House February 8, 2000.

    Passed the Senate March 8, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 22, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 22, 2000.