WSR 16-03-068
PERMANENT RULES
GAMBLING COMMISSION
[Order 717—Filed January 19, 2016, 1:34 p.m., effective February 19, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Expedited adoption to update the addresses of gambling commission field offices (WAC 230-01-010) and to reflect the name change of the nonprofit problem gambling organization (WAC 230-14-240).
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 230-01-010 and 230-14-240.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070 and 34.05.353.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-22-056 on October 30, 2015.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: January 19, 2016.
Susan Newer
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 07-15-062, filed 7/16/07, effective 1/1/08)
WAC 230-01-010 Field offices and operations.
Direct regulatory and operational questions to our field offices, located at:
City
Telephone Number
Eastern Region
North 901 Monroe Room 240
Spokane, WA 99201
509-325-7900
((1703 Creekside Loop Suite 120
Yakima, WA 98902
509-575-2820
Northwest Region
3501 Colby Avenue Suite 102
Everett, WA 98201
425-304-6300))
451 Southwest 10th Street
Plaza 451 Building Suite 218
Renton, WA 98057
425-277-7014
((Southwest Region
Tacoma Mall Office Building
4301 South Pine Street
Suite 307
Tacoma, WA 98409
253-671-6280))
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 07-17-058, filed 8/10/07, effective 1/1/08)
WAC 230-14-240 Distributing carry-over pull-tab jackpots.
If businesses stop conducting gambling activities, they must:
(1) Transfer the carry-over jackpot to the new owners who bought the business and who have a gambling license. The new licensee must operate the carry-over jackpot game until they award the prize; or
(2) Award the carry-over jackpot to a player by playing out the game before closing; or
(3) Give the carry-over jackpot to the ((Washington state)) Evergreen council on problem gambling; or
(4) Give the carry-over jackpot to a charitable or nonprofit organization we license.