PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: April 24, 2002.
Purpose: Amend rule to allow for temporary licensing of personnel during peak times at the racing facilities.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-36-040.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 02-05-029 on February 12, 2002.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 1,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
April 29, 2002
Patty Sorby
Secretary Supervisor
(2) Upon application by an association the Washington horse racing commission may issue a temporary permit for employment on the race track of a temporary employee. Such temporary permit shall be valid for employment in a non-restricted area of the race track for a period not to exceed three days during a licensed live race meet or simulcast period in any calendar year. No temporary employee may work without a temporary work permit.
(a) A racing association shall provide to the Washington horse racing commission licensing department the name, date of birth and social security number of the temporary employee. The particular job or area where the temporary employee is to be assigned shall also be provided.
(b) Should an association desire to employ a temporary employee after the maximum three days allowed by the temporary permit such employee shall be required to obtain a regular occupational license issued by the Washington horse racing commission.
(((2))) (3) ((All employees of the Washing horse racing
commission shall be exempt from any license fees but shall be
issued a photo identification badge which shall be displayed in
the same manner as all other licensees while in the performance
of their duties at the track.)) Members and employees of the
Washington horse racing commission shall be exempt from any
license. Employees of the Washington horse racing commission
shall be issued official and distinctive credentials, which shall
include name, photograph and job identification or position. The
identification or credentials issued to members or employees of
the Washington horse racing commission shall bear the signature
of the chairperson of the commission or such other person as may
be designated by said chairperson. Identification credentials of
members or employees of the Washington horse racing commission
shall be displayed when required for entry to secured areas of
the race track and at any other time official recognition is
necessary or required.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 67.16.020 and 67.16.040. 89-13-007 (Order 89-03), § 260-36-040, filed 6/9/89; 87-15-019 (Resolution No. 87-02), § 260-36-040, filed 7/8/87; 86-09-072 (Order 86-02), § 260-36-040, filed 4/21/86; 82-14-012 (Order 82-05), § 260-36-040, filed 6/25/82; Rules of racing, § 343, filed 4/21/61.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.