08-05-089

WSR 08-05-089

PERMANENT RULES

HORSE RACING COMMISSION

[ Filed February 15, 2008, 8:24 a.m. , effective March 17, 2008 ]

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

     Purpose: To amend WAC 260-28-200 to also require trainers to arrive at the receiving barn at the appointed time.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-28-200.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020 and 67.16.040.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 08-02-013 on December 21, 2007.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: February 14, 2008.

R. J. Lopez

Deputy Secretary

OTS-1220.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-07-007, filed 3/8/07, effective 4/8/07)

WAC 260-28-200   Trainer -- Paddock duties.   (1) A trainer must have his or her horse in the receiving barn or paddock at the time appointed.

     (2) A trainer must attend his or her horse in the paddock, and must be present to saddle the horse, unless he/she has obtained the permission of a steward to send another licensed trainer as a substitute.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 67.16.020 and 67.16.040. 07-07-007, § 260-28-200, filed 3/8/07, effective 4/8/07; Rules of racing, §§ 282, 283, filed 4/21/61.]