PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 00-01-131.
Title of Rule: WAC 260-12-180 Safety equipment required, 260-24-650 Clocker(s), and 260-52-010 Post position.
Purpose: Update rules to conform with nationally accepted model rules, remove gender specific wording.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.040.
Summary: Update rules.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Bruce Batson, Olympia, Washington, (360) 459-6462.
Name of Proponent: Washington Horse Racing Commission, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: Update rules to conform with nationally accepted model rules, remove gender specific language.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: Amending WAC 260-12-180, 260-24-650, and 260-52-020.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. The changes will not affect more than 20% or less than 10% of the population. A small business economic impact statement was not prepared.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption.
Hearing Location: Playfair Race Course, North Altamont and East Main, Spokane, Washington, on September 15, 2000, at 1:00 p.m.
Submit Written Comments to: Bruce Batson, Washington Horse Racing Commission, 7912 Martin Way, Suite D, Olympia, 98516, fax (360) 459-6461, by September 14, 2000.
Date of Intended Adoption: September 15, 2000.
June 8, 2000
Bruce Batson
Executive Secretary
((All owners and trainers, when exercising horses, and all
jockeys, apprentice jockeys, exercise boys, outriders, pony boys
and pony girls when performing these duties shall wear a safety
helmet approved by the commission.))
All persons while on horseback shall wear a safety helmet and safety vest. Safety equipment shall be approved by the commission.
[Rules of racing, § 24, filed 4/21/61.]
(1) The clocker(s) shall be present during training hours at each track on association grounds, which is open for training, to identify each horse working out and to accurately record the distances and times of each horse's workout.
(2) Each day, the clocker(s) shall prepare a list of workouts that describes the name of each horse which worked, along with the distance and time of each horse's workout.
(3) At the conclusion of training hours, the clocker shall deliver a copy of the list of workouts to the stewards and the racing secretary.
(4) The clocker(s) and his/her representative shall report the time and distance of the horse that best represents the workout which is in the best interest of the public.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 67.16.040. 98-01-145, § 260-24-650, filed 12/19/97, effective 1/19/98.]
Post position shall be determined publicly by lot in the presence of the racing secretary or his deputy. After a regular carded horse or horses have been excused from a race, all horses shall move up in post position order; except in the case of a race on the straightaway, in which case the also-eligible shall take the stall of the horse declared out or scratched. The above rule shall apply unless the association specifically states otherwise in its stakes or condition book.
((Horses shall take their position at the post in the order
in which their names have been drawn, beginning from the inside
rail, but vicious and unruly horses may be placed on the outside,
if necessary.))
[Order 3, § 260-52-020, filed 5/12/69; Rule 210, filed 4/21/61.]