WSR 15-15-102

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed July 15, 2015, 2:22 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 10-04 WAC, the office of administrative hearings Public Records Act (PRA) rules.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 34.12.030(6).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The office of administrative hearings intends to update our PRA regulations after reviewing chapter 44-14 WAC, the advisory model PRA rules.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: All state and local agencies must adopt PRA rules. The attorney general is directed by RCW 42.17.348 and 42.56.570 to adopt advisory model rules.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Barb Cleveland, P.O. Box 42488, Olympia, WA 98504-2488, (360) 407-2711, Barb.cleveland@oah.wa.gov.

July 15, 2015

Lorraine Lee

Chief Administrative Law Judge