PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Qualifications for a gambling license.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 9.46.070.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Rule change would require a business to have been open to the public for at least ninety days in order to qualify for a gambling license.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.
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; or Sherri Winslow, Deputy Director, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7654, ext. 301; or Susan Arland, Public Information Officer, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7654, ext. 374.
Meetings at the Heathman Lodge, 7801 N.E. Greenwood Drive, Vancouver, WA 98662, (360) 254-6100, on May 13 and 14, 1999; at the DoubleTree Inn, 252 North 20th Avenue, Pasco, WA 99301, (360) 371-2000, on June 10 and 11, 1999; and at the Best Western Icicle Inn, 505 Highway 2, Leavenworth, WA 98826, (509) 548-7000, on July 8 and 9, 1999.
April 13, 1999
Susan Arland
Rules Coordinator