11-03-049

WSR 11-03-049

PERMANENT RULES

HORSE RACING COMMISSION

[ Filed January 14, 2011, 8:49 a.m. , effective February 14, 2011 ]

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

     Purpose: Amends the minimum age to obtain a jockey's license from eighteen to sixteen to be consistent with other competing jurisdictions.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-32-010 Minimum requirements to obtain a jockey's license.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-24-031 on November 22, 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: January 13, 2011.

Douglas L. Moore

Deputy Secretary

OTS-3770.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 06-07-065, filed 3/10/06, effective 4/10/06)

WAC 260-32-010   Minimum requirements to obtain a jockey's license.   In order to obtain a jockey license a person must meet the following minimum requirements:

     (1) Be at least ((eighteen)) sixteen years of age; and

     (2) Be engaged by a trainer to ride in a race.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 67.16.020 and 67.16.040. 06-07-065, § 260-32-010, filed 3/10/06, effective 4/10/06. Rules of racing, §§ 139, 140, filed 4/21/61.]