PERMANENT RULES
Purpose: Allows the chief executive officer or chief operations officer (sometimes referred to as the general manager) to also act as the gaming operations department manager in a house-banked card room. Current rules require these positions to be held by two separate individuals.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 230-40-554.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 04-19-095 on September 20, 2004, with a published date of October 6, 2004.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: November 24, 2004.
Susan Arland
Rules Coordinator
OTS-7574.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 383, filed 4/14/00,
effective 5/15/00)
WAC 230-40-554
Chief executive officer or chief
operations officer defined.
The chief executive officer (CEO)
or chief operations officer (COO) is the executive who has
been designated by the owner, partners, or board of directors
as the individual with overall responsibility for the business
licensed to conduct card games. The CEO or COO may perform
the duties of a gaming operation department manager as defined
in WAC 230-40-556.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 00-09-052 (Order 383), § 230-40-554, filed 4/14/00, effective 5/15/00.]