CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 6678

                   Chapter 145, Laws of 2000

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

HORSE RACING--PARIMUTUEL WAGERING

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the Senate February 10, 2000   YEAS 43   NAYS 3                BRAD OWEN President of the Senate Passed by the House February 29, 2000   YEAS 97   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 6678 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives	TONY M. COOK                             Secretary
FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved March 27, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                      March 27, 2000 - 2:44 p.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                         SENATE BILL 6678

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Rasmussen, Roach, Patterson, West, Heavey, Deccio, Winsley, Honeyford, Snyder, Morton, T. Sheldon, Benton, Johnson, Gardner, McDonald, Stevens, Eide, Kohl‑Welles, Bauer, Sheahan, Thibaudeau and Shin

Read first time 01/21/2000.  Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing & Financial Institutions.

Repealing parimutuel wagering sunset provisions. 

    AN ACT Relating to repealing sunset provisions for parimutuel wagering with respect to horse racing; and repealing RCW 43.131.395, 43.131.396, 67.16.095, 67.16.106, and 67.16.171.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 43.131.395 (Parimutuel taxes and redistributions--Review) and 1998 c 345 s 8;

(2) RCW 43.131.396 (Parimutuel taxes and redistributions--Repeal) and 1998 c 345 s 9;

(3) RCW 67.16.095 (Sums paid to commission--Disposition--Retainage) and 1998 c 345 s 10;

(4) RCW 67.16.106 (Gross receipts--Commission's percentage--Nonprofit race meets) and 1998 c 345 s 11; and

(5) RCW 67.16.171 (Gross receipts--Retention of percentage by licensees) and 1998 c 345 s 12.

    Passed the Senate February 10, 2000.

    Passed the House February 29, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 27, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2000.