PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Promotional gifts and discounts at bingo games.
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: Changes to the rules regulating how promotional gifts and discounts are offered at bingo games.
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; Ed Fleisher, Deputy Director, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7654 ext. 307; or Susan Arland, Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7654 ext. 374.
Meetings at the Double Tree Guest Suites and Inn, 16500 Southcenter Parkway, Seattle, WA 98188, (206) 575-4743, on January 11 and 12, 2001; at Cavanaughs at Capitol Lake, 2300 Evergreen, Park Drive S.W., Olympia, WA 98502, (360) 943-4000, on February 8 and 9, 2001; and at the Double Tree Hotel - Pasco, 2525 North 20th Avenue, Pasco, WA 99301, (509) 547-0701, on March 8 and 9, 2001.
November 22, 2000
Susan Arland
Rules Coordinator