PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 03-13-004.
Title of Rule: Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials.
Purpose: Update the timelines and repeal outdated sections.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.03.305.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 43.03.305.
Summary: Update the timelines and repeal outdated sections.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Good government.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Bill Huennekens, Office of the Secretary of State, (360) 902-4180; Implementation and Enforcement: Dean Logan, Office of the Secretary of State, (360) 902-4180.
Name of Proponent: Office of the Secretary of State, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: Conducting the selection of names for the citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials by lot, notifying persons selected for the commission and forwarding the names of selected person[s] to the governor.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: Updates the dates and deadlines to correspond with legislative changes made by chapter 102, Laws of 1999.
Eliminates rules on transmitting and compiling the data file of records of registered voters.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. RCW 34.05.328 (5)(b)(ii) establishes that this section does not apply to rules relating only to internal government operations.
Hearing Location: Office of Secretary of State, 520 Union Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA, on September 18, 2003, at 10:00 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Bill Huennekens by September 18, 2003, TDD (800) 422-8683.
Submit Written Comments to: Bill Huennekens, Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 40229, Olympia, WA 98504-0229, fax (360) 586-5629, by September 18, 2003.
Date of Intended Adoption: November 1, 2003.
August 1, 2003
Steve Excell
Assistant Secretary of State
OTS-6525.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 97-21-045, filed 10/13/97,
effective 11/13/97)
WAC 434-209-050
Conducting the selection of names by
lot.
No later than ((January)) May 20 of the year of
selection, the secretary of state shall arrange for the random
selection of approximately an equal number of names of
registered voters from each congressional district that
requires appointment of a new commissioner. The secretary of
state may employ a properly programmed electronic data
processing system or device to make the random selection of
registered voters as required by this section. ((The
secretary of state shall request a separate list of registered
voters for each congressional district to be selected by a
random sample from the lists compiled under WAC 434-209-040.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 29.04.080, 29.04.210, 29.36.150 and 29.79.200. 97-21-045, recodified as § 434-209-050, filed 10/13/97, effective 11/13/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.03.305. 87-06-009 (Order 87-02), § 434-09-050, filed 2/19/87.]
(2) The secretary of state shall compile a list by congressional district of each qualified person who has responded to the notification, confirmed that they meet the specified qualifications and are willing to serve on the commission as requested in subsection (1) of this section.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 29.04.080, 29.04.210, 29.36.150 and 29.79.200. 97-21-045, recodified as § 434-209-060, filed 10/13/97, effective 11/13/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.03.305. 87-06-009 (Order 87-02), § 434-09-060, filed 2/19/87.]
[Statutory Authority: RCW 29.04.080, 29.04.210, 29.36.150 and 29.79.200. 97-21-045, recodified as § 434-209-080, filed 10/13/97, effective 11/13/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.03.305. 87-06-009 (Order 87-02), § 434-09-080, filed 2/19/87.]
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 434-209-040 | Transmitting and compiling the data file of records of registered voters. |