CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2792

Chapter 24, Laws of 2008

60th Legislature
2008 Regular Session



HORSE RACING--PARIMUTUEL SYSTEM



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/12/08

Passed by the House February 18, 2008
  Yeas 95   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 5, 2008
  Yeas 46   Nays 1


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2792 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 14, 2008, 3:56 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 17, 2008







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 2792
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Passed Legislature - 2008 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2008 Regular Session

By Representatives Wood, Condotta, Grant, Conway, and Quall

Read first time 01/16/08.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.



     AN ACT Relating to computing breaks in the parimutuel system; and amending RCW 67.16.060.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 67.16.060 and 1991 c 270 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) It shall be unlawful:
     (a) To conduct pool selling, bookmaking, or to circulate hand books; or
     (b) To bet or wager on any horse race other than by the parimutuel method; or
     (c) For any licensee to take more than the percentage provided in RCW 67.16.170 and 67.16.175; or
     (d) For any licensee to compute breaks in the parimutuel system ((otherwise than)) at more than ten cents.
     (2) Any willful violation of the terms of this chapter, or of any rule, regulation, or order of the commission shall constitute a gross misdemeanor and when such violation is by a person holding a license under this chapter, the commission may cancel the license held by the offender, and such cancellation shall operate as a forfeiture of all rights and privileges granted by the commission and of all sums of money paid to the commission by the offender; and the action of the commission in that respect shall be final.
     (3) The commission shall have power to exclude from any and all race courses of the state of Washington any person whom the commission deems detrimental to the best interests of racing or any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule, regulation, or order issued by the commission.
     (4) Every race meet held in this state contrary to the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.


         Passed by the House February 18, 2008.
         Passed by the Senate March 5, 2008.
         Approved by the Governor March 14, 2008.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 17, 2008.