PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Gambling service supplier rules.
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: To clarify that persons providing assembly of components for gambling equipment under a contract with a licensed manufacturer are a gambling service supplier.
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, Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7654, ext. 374.
Meetings at the Shilo Inn, 707 Ocean Shores Boulevard, Ocean Shores, WA 98569, (360) 489-4600, on October 14 and 15, 1999; at the Port Ludlow Conference Center, 9483 Oak Bay Road, Port Ludlow, WA, (360) 437-2222, on December 2 and 3, 1999; and at the Heathman Lodge, 7801 N.E. Greenwood Drive, Vancouver, WA 98662, (360) 254-3100, on January 13 and 14, 2000.
September 13, 1999
Susan Arland
Rules Coordinator