12-03-075

WSR 12-03-075

PERMANENT RULES

HORSE RACING COMMISSION

[ Filed January 13, 2012, 2:08 p.m. , effective February 13, 2012 ]

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

     Purpose: Allows jockeys to participate as owners with certain restrictions.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-32-040 Jockey may not be owner or trainer.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 11-23-117 on November 21, 2011.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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, 2012.

Douglas L. Moore

Deputy Secretary

OTS-4438.1

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

WAC 260-32-040   Jockey ((may not be)) as an owner or trainer.   (1) A jockey shall not be ((an owner or)) a trainer of any horse competing at the race meet where the jockey is riding.

     (2) A jockey may be an owner of a horse(s) competing at the race meet where the jockey is riding under the following conditions:

     (a) A jockey may not enter more than one horse in an overnight race in which they have an ownership interest in.

     (b) A jockey may not ride any horse in a race in which he/she has an ownership interest except the horse that they own.

     (c) A jockey is not eligible to claim as an owner.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 67.16.020 and 67.16.040. 06-07-065, § 260-32-040, filed 3/10/06, effective 4/10/06. Rules of racing, § 144, filed 4/21/61.]