PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Bingo.
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: A change is necessary to the rule regarding house rules to clarify that bingo prizes must be paid if a valid bingo is hit by a player.
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; 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 WestCoast Bellevue Hotel, 625 116th Avenue N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004, (425) 455-9444, on July 13 and 14, 2000; at The Inn at Gig Harbor, 3211 56th Street N.W., Gig Harbor, WA 98335, (253) 858-1111, on August 10 and 11, 2000; and at the WestCoast Wenatchee Center Hotel, 201 North Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, WA 98801, (2509) [509] 662-1234, on September 14 and 15, 2000.
June 21, 2000
Susan Arland
Rules Coordinator