RCW 67.17.010 — Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
- (1) "Compact committee" means the organization of officials from the party states that is authorized and empowered by the live horse racing compact to carry out the purposes of the compact.
- (2) "Official" means the appointed, elected, designated, or otherwise duly selected member of a racing commission or the equivalent thereof in a party state who represents that party state as a member of the compact committee.
- (3) "Participants in live racing" means participants in live horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering in the party states.
- (4) "Party state" means each state that has enacted the live horse racing compact.
- (5) "State" means each of the several states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each territory or possession of the United States.
[ 2001 c 18 s 2.]