PERMANENT RULES
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To adopt a new section, WAC 260-16-063, to clarify the definition of a race meet for the purpose of when an association is required to withhold percentages of the mutuel handle for calculating the Washington bred owners and breeders awards.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020 and 67.16.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-02-070 on January 4, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: February 11, 2010.
Douglas L. Moore
Deputy Secretary
OTS-2637.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 260-16-063
Washington-bred owners' bonus and breeder
awards.
Consistent with the applicable laws in chapter 67.16 RCW and the applicable rules in TITLE 260 WAC, the
Washington-bred owners' bonus and breeder awards will be
retained, collected, and distributed as follows:
(1) Washington-bred owner's bonus. A Class 1 racing association will withhold and pay daily to the commission one percent of the gross receipts of all in-state parimutuel machines, including approved satellite locations during the period of its authorized live race meet.
(2) Washington-bred breeder's award. A Class 1 racing association may withhold, in addition to the amounts authorized to be retained in RCW 67.16.170, for each authorized day of racing an additional six percent of the daily gross receipts of all in-state parimutuel machines from exotic wagers at its race meet and approved satellite locations. If a Class 1 racing association does retain an additional six percent of the daily gross receipts of all in-state parimutuel machines from exotic wagers at its race meet, the Class 1 racing association must provide one-sixth of the additional six percent for Washington-bred breeder awards. At the end of its authorized live race meet, a Class 1 racing association must pay to the commission the one-sixth of the additional six percent retained from exotic wagers for Washington-bred breeder's awards.
(3) The race meet will mean the period beginning the first day of live racing and concluding on the last day of live racing, and will include wagering on live races conducted on the grounds of the Class 1 racing association and simulcast wagering conducted during the period of the race meet. It will include wagering on simulcast races conducted during the live race meet, whether or not live racing is being conducted.
(4) The race meet will not include any wagering conducted at a Class 1 racing association or its approved satellite locations beginning the day after the last day of live racing and continuing until the day before the first day of live racing the following race season.
(5) Moneys received by the commission for Washington-bred owner's bonus and breeder's awards shall be deposited in the Washington-bred owner's bonus fund and breeder's award fund account in the custody of the state treasurer. The commission shall distribute the Washington-bred owner's bonus and breeder's awards as provided in WAC 260-16-065.
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