This chapter constitutes the exclusive legislative authority for the licensing and regulation of any gambling activity and the state preempts such licensing and regulatory functions, except as to the powers and duties of any city, town, city-county, or county which are specifically set forth in this chapter. Any ordinance, resolution, or other legislative act by any city, town, city-county, or county relating to gambling in existence on September 27, 1973 shall be as of that date null and void and of no effect. Any such city, town, city-county, or county may thereafter enact only such local law as is consistent with the powers and duties expressly granted to and imposed upon it by chapter 9.46 RCW and which is not in conflict with that chapter or with the rules of the commission.
RCW 9.46.285
Licensing and regulation authority, exclusive.
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 116 Wash. 2d 1 - American Legion Post No. 32 v. City of Walla Walla (1991)
Most recently applied in Wilson v. PTT, LLC (December 2018)
1973 2nd ex.s. c 41 s 8.
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.