WSR 18-03-171
PROPOSED RULES
GAMBLING COMMISSION
[Filed January 23, 2018, 2:12 p.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 17-20-085.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: New WAC 230-05-175 Individual license fees.
Hearing Location(s): On March 15, 2018, at 1:00 p.m., at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 4301 Martin Way East, Olympia, WA 98516. Hearing will take place at the March commission meeting. The meeting dates and times are tentative. Visit our web site at www.wsgc.wa.gov about seven days before the meeting, select "March Commission meeting" to confirm the hearing date, location, and start time.
Date of Intended Adoption: March 15, 2018.
Submit Written Comments to: Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, email rules.coordinator@wsgc.wa.gov, fax 360-486-3624, by March 1, 2018.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Julie Anderson, phone 360-486-3453, TTY 360-486-3637, email julie.anderson@wsgc.wa.gov, by March 1, 2018.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The key rule in this third rule package sets the individual license fees under the new license fee structure. The key changes to individual license fees in this third package:
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Establishes the license fees for individuals. There are basically two annual license fee schedules for individuals:
License Type
New Application Fee
Renewal Fees
Class F and HBCR card room employees and all representatives
$275 (in-state fee for CREs)
$170
Nonhouse-banked card room employees, charitable or nonprofit gambling manager, and commercial gambling manager
$200
$95
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Requires all representatives to apply and pay a fee when adding or changing employers consistent with all other individual licensees. The fees are consistent with other fees for this transaction.
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Outlines in rule the card room employees required to pay "out-of-state" new application fees.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: The current fee structure was created over forty years ago. It began with twenty-five fees. Today the gambling commission has approximately one hundred ninety-four different fees for commercial and nonprofit organizations and individuals. The gambling commission recently adopted rules amending the current organizational fee structure to simplify the current system allowing it to be easier to navigate and have a licensing fee schedule that is more predictable for both the agency and its licensees. These proposed rules amend license fees for individuals and align these rules with the new fee structure.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 9.46.070.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Washington state gambling commission, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Enforcement: Tina Griffin, Assistant Director, 4565 7th Avenue S.E., Lacey, WA 98503, 360-486-3546; and Implementation: David Trujillo, Director, 4565 7th Avenue S.E., Lacey, WA 98503, 360-486-3512.
A school district fiscal impact statement is not required under RCW 28A.305.135.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. The Washington state gambling commission is not an agency that is statutorily required to prepare a cost-benefit analysis under RCW 34.05.328.
This rule proposal, or portions of the proposal, is exempt from requirements of the Regulatory Fairness Act because the proposal:
Is exempt under RCW 19.85.025(3) as the rules only correct typographical errors, make address or name changes, or clarify language of a rule without changing its effect; rules set or adjust fees under the authority of RCW 19.02.075 or that set or adjust fees or rates pursuant to legislative standards, including fees set or adjusted under the authority of RCW 19.80.045; and rules adopt, amend, or repeal a procedure, practice, or requirement relating to agency hearings; or a filing or related process requirement for applying to an agency for a license or permit.
January 23, 2018
Brian J. Considine
Legal and Legislative Manager
NEW SECTION
WAC 230-05-175 Individual license fees.
Individuals must pay the following fees:
(1) Annual license and additional employer fees:
License Type
New Application Fee
Annual Renewal Fee
Additional or Change of Employer Fee
Call center for enhanced raffle representative
$275
$170
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Card room employee license - Nonhouse-banked (Class A)
$200
$95
$65
Card room employee license - Class F and house-banked (Class B)
$275 (in-state)
$340 (out-of-state)
$170
$65
Charitable or nonprofit gambling manager
$200
$95
$95
Commercial gambling manager
$200
$95
$95
Distributor representative
$275
$170
$65
Linked bingo prize provider representative
$275
$170
$65
Manufacturer representative
$275
$170
$65
Gambling service supplier representative
$275
$170
$65
(2) Class B card room employees must pay the out-of-state application fee if over the last ten years the applicant lived outside of Washington for six nonconsecutive months or more.
(3) Other service fees:
Transaction
Fee
Change of name
$30
Card room employee emergency waiver request
$65
Duplicate license
$30
(4) Military personnel returning from service. If a license expires while an individual is on active military service, the individual may apply to have their license reissued at the renewal fee. The application must be received within six months after completing their active military service. The applicant must provide evidence of the completion date of active military service.