WSR 11-05-058

PERMANENT RULES

GAMBLING COMMISSION


[ Order 675 -- Filed February 10, 2011, 5:29 p.m. , effective March 13, 2011 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: This repeal removes the regulatory requirement that businesses holding a gambling licensee [license] maintain a paper gambling rules/laws manual at their licensed premises. Repealing this rule:


     •     Removes a regulatory requirement gambling licensees must comply with.

     •     Could potentially save the agency $15,000 to $20,000 when publishing the 2011 edition of the gambling rules manual.

     •     Is in-line with HB 2287 which passed in 2009 requiring agencies to develop and implement a paper conservation program with a goal of reducing current paper use.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 230-06-060.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-24-014 filed on November 18, 2010, published on December 1 [15], 2010.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Date Adopted: February 10, 2011.

Susan Arland

Rules Coordinator

OTS-3711.2


REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 230-06-060 Maintain copy of commission rules on business premises.

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