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                                                     SENATE BILL 5559

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Prentice, Amondson, Vognild and Bauer

Read first time 02/03/93.  Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.

Defining commercial stimulant for gambling purposes.

          AN ACT Relating to gambling; and amending RCW 9.46.0217.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  RCW 9.46.0217 and 1987 c 4 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

          "Commercial stimulant," as used in this chapter, means an activity is operated as a commercial stimulant, for the purposes of this chapter, only when it is an ((incidental)) activity operated in connection with((, and incidental to,)) an established business, with the ((primary)) purpose of increasing the volume of sales of food or drink for consumption on that business premises.  The commission may by rule establish guidelines and criteria for applying this definition to its applicants and licensees for gambling activities authorized by this chapter as commercial stimulants.

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