HomeMy WebLinkAbout3728 AN ORDINANCE adopting those sections of the
1973 Gambling Act, which set forth
violations of said Act, which constitute a
misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1 - ADOPTION OF GAMBLING COMMISSION RULES
The Washington Administrative Code 230 1981 Revised Version
adopted by the Washington Gambling Commission is adopted by this
reference pursuant to the provisions of RCW 9.46.192.
SECTION 2 - CAUSING PERSON TO VIOLATE RULE OR REGULATION AS
VIOLATION - PENALTY
Any person who knowingly causes, aides, abets or conspires
with another to cause any person to violate any. rule or
regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a
gross misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by
imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than one (1) year, or
by a fine of not more than Five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or
both.
SECTION 3 - VIOLATIONS RELATING TO FRAUD OR DECEIT - PENALTY
Any person or association or organization operating any
gambling activity who or which directly or indirectly, shall in
the course of such operation:
(1) Employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud; or
(2) Make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the'
statement made not misleading in the light of the
circumstances under which said statement is made; or
(3) Engage in any act, practice or course of operation as
would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person;
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shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and upon conviction shall
be punished by imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than
one (1) year or by a fine of not more than Five thousand dollars
($5,000.00), or both.
SECTION 4 - OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC SERVANT AND ADMINISTRATION OR
ENFORCEMENT AS VIOLATION - PENALTY
NO person shall intentionally obstruct or attempt to
obstruct a public servant in the administration or enforcement of
RcW 9.46 or WAC 230 by using or threatening to use physical force
or by means of any unlawful act. Any person who violates this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
SECTION 5 - DEFRAUDING OR CHEATING OTHER PARTICIPANT OR
OPERATORS VIOLATION - CAUSING ANOTHER TO DO SO AS
VIOLATION - PENALTY
No person participating in a gambling activity shall, in the
course of such participation, directly or indirectly:
(1) Employ or attempt to employ any device, scheme or
artifice to defraud any other participant or any
operator;
(2) Engage in any act, practice or course of operation as
would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any other
participant or any operator;
(3) Engage in any act, practice or course of operation
while participating in a gambling activity with the
intent of cheating any other participant or the
operator to gain an advantage in a game over the other
participant or operator; or
(4) Cause, aide, abet or conspire with another person to
cause any other person to violate Subsections 1 through
Subsection 3 of this section.
Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a gross
misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment
in the City Jail for not more than one (1) year or by a fine of
not more than Five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
SECTION 6 - WORKING IN A GAMBLING ACTIVITY WITHOUT A LICENSE AS
'VIOLATION - PENALTY
Any person who works as an employee or agent, or in a
similar capacity for another person in connection with the
operation of an activity for which a license is required under
this chapter or by commission rule, without having obtained the
applicable license required by the Gambling Commission under RCW
9.46.070(16) shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall,
upon conviction, be punished by not more than one (1) year in the
City Jail or a fine of not more than Five thousand dollars
($5,000.00), or both.
SECTION 7 - GAMBLING INFORMATION - TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING AS
VIOLATION - PENALTY
Whoever knowingly transmits or receives gambling information
by telephone, telegraph, radio, semaphore or similar means or
knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or
receipt of gambling information, shall be guilty of a gross
misdemeanor; provided, however, that this section shall not apply
to such information transmitted or received, or equipment
installed or maintained relating to activities as enumerated in
RCW 9.46.030 or to any act or acts in furtherance thereof when
conducted in compliance with the provisions of RCW 9.46 and in
accordance with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant
thereto.
APPROVED by the City Commissioners on the first readings
this =JV~ day of August, 1982.
PASSED by the City Commissioners of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the
City Clerk in authentication of such passage this day of
August, 1982.
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GENE NELSON
Mayor
ATTEST. '
KATHLEEN L. MANDIO
City Clerk