PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 01-21-068.
Title of Rule: Card rooms, WAC 230-02-205 Gambling service supplier defined.
Purpose: Mr. Kirtland is owner of Player's Edge, a store that sells gambling related books, videos an accessories. Mr. Kirtland has submitted a petition for rule change requesting the definition of a gambling service supplier be amended to include persons providing educational seminars to the public. Mr. Kirtland would like to place a craps table in his store for the purpose of teaching the public how to play the game of craps. Not gambling would be involved. The table would be for instructional purposes only.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070.
Summary: See Purpose above.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: See Purpose above.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Susan Arland, Lacey, (360) 486-3466; Implementation: Rick Day, Lacey, (360) 486-3446; and Enforcement: Bob Berg, Lacey, (360) 486-3452.
Name of Proponent: Staff, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: See Purpose above.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: See Purpose above.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Proposal is exempt under RCW 19.85.025(2), therefore a small business economic impact statement is not required.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. This agency does not choose to make section 201, chapter 403, Laws of 1995 apply to this rule adoption.
Hearing Location: WestCoast Hotel Olympia, 2300 Evergreen Park Drive S.W., Olympia, WA 98502, (360) 943-4000, on February 15, 2002, at 9:30 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Shirley Corbett by February 1, 2002, TDD (360) 486-3637, or (360) 486-3447.
Submit Written Comments to: Susan Arland, Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 486-3466, fax (360) 486-3625, by February 1, 2002.
Date of Intended Adoption: February 15, 2002.
December 14, 2001
Susan Arland
Rules Coordinator
(1) Gambling related services include at least the following:
(a) Providing consulting or advisory services regarding gambling activities;
(b) Providing gambling related management services;
(c) Providing financing for purchases or leases of gambling equipment or for providing infrastructure that supports gambling operations for more than one licensee. For purposes of this section, financing by any bank, mutual savings bank, or credit union regulated by the department of financial institutions or any federally regulated commercial lending institution shall not be deemed as providing gambling related services;
(d) Providing any other service or activity where influence may be exerted over any gambling activity licensed by the commission;
(e) Providing assembly of components for gambling equipment under a contract with a licensed manufacturer; or
(f) Training individuals to conduct authorized gambling
activities((.));
(g) Providing educational and instructional classes or seminars pertaining to authorized gambling activities, to the public.
(2) The term "gambling services supplier" does not include the following:
(a) Universities and colleges that are regulated by the Washington state board of community and technical colleges and the higher education coordinating board which train individuals to conduct authorized gambling activities;
(b) Licensed manufacturers or distributors who service and repair pull-tab dispensing devices, bingo equipment or any other authorized gambling equipment;
(c) Attorneys, accountants, and governmental affairs consultants whose primary business is providing professional services that are unrelated to the management or operation of gambling activities; and
(d) Persons that only provide nonmanagement related recordkeeping services for punch board and pull-tab operators, when the combined total gross billings from such services does not exceed twenty thousand dollars during any calendar year.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 00-05-102 (Order 380), § 230-02-205, filed 2/16/00, effective 7/1/00; 98-19-133 (Order 361), § 230-02-205, filed 9/23/98, effective 1/1/99; 97-24-031, § 230-02-205, filed 11/25/97, effective 1/1/98.]
Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.