PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: TITLE 230 WAC, various commission rules, housekeeping/clean-up package to the plain English rewrite.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 9.46.070.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The gambling commission has rewritten its rules manual using plain English techniques. We anticipate the project will be completed by January 1, 2008. The rules manual was broken into sections and rewritten a section at a time. After all chapters are completed, this clean-up package will move forward and will include rules which were inadvertently not included in the rewrite. These inadvertent omissions will be written in plain English. There may be some sustentative and policy decisions made by the commission during the rewrite. If so, those will be identified under the proposed rule making CR-102 filing. The text of the rules will be posted on our web site approximately two weeks prior to each commission meeting they are discussed at. Please visit our web site at www.wsgc.wa.gov/PublicMeetings.
Process for Developing New Rule: Interested parties can participate in the discussion of this proposed change by attending a commission meeting, or contacting the agency rules coordinator at the contact information below.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Rick Day, Deputy Director, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 486-3446; Sharon Reese, Deputy Director, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 486-3452; or Susan Arland, Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 486-3466, e-mail Susana@wsgc.wa.gov.
[Meetings on] July 13, 2007, at the La Quinta Inn & Suites, 1425 East 27th Street, Tacoma, WA 98421, (253) 383-0146; on August 10, 2007, at the Gilton [Hilton], 301 West 6th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660, (360) 993-4500; and on September 14, 2007, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 401 East Yakima Avenue, Yakima, WA 98901, (509) 494-5004.
May 3, 2007
Susan Arland
Rules Coordinator