PERMANENT RULES
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To adopt a new section WAC 260-08-597 Funding to assist the equine industry.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020 and 67.16.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 06-11-140 on May 23, 2006.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 13, 2006.
R. J. Lopez
Deputy Secretary
OTS-8876.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 260-08-597
Funding to assist the equine industry.
(1) If the commission determines that there are additional
funds in its operating account beyond what is needed to fund
the continued operations of the commission, the commission may
designate up to three hundred thousand dollars of those funds
to be used to assist the equine industry. Funds used to
assist the equine industry may only be used to help develop
the equine industry, maintain or upgrade racing facilities, or
assist equine health research. In deciding how to allocate
the funds available, the commission will give first
consideration to uses that assist the Class C race meets and
equine health research. The commission will establish a
process for individuals or organizations to request funds.
(2) Available funds may be allocated to fund requests from individuals or organizations, or programs the commission determines support the purposes specified in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The commission has discretion to determine the amount of funding available, identify the programs for which funding will be provided, the amount of funding for each program, and the procedures for distributing funds.
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