WSR 97-20-043

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

GAMBLING COMMISSION

[Filed September 24, 1997, 9:09 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Public card room employee definition.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 9.46.070(14).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To clarify who would fall under the definition of "public card room employee."

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Ben Bishop, Deputy Director, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7640; Carrie Tellefson, Special Assistant to the Director, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7640; and Soojin Kim, Rules and Policy Coordinator, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7654 ext. 310. Icicle Inn/Best Western, 505 Highway 2, Leavenworth, WA 98826, (509) 548-8000, on October 10, 1997; Shilo Inn, 707 Ocean Shores Boulevard, Ocean Shores, WA 98569, (360) 289-4600, on November 14, 1997; and Skamania Lodge, Exit 44, Interstate 84, Stevenson, WA 98648, (509) 427-7700, on January 9, 1998.

September 24, 1997

Soojin Kim