WSR 15-21-096
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
[Filed October 21, 2015, 10:47 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 458-16A-100 Senior citizen, disabled person, and one hundred percent disabled veteran exemptionDefinitions.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 82.32.300, 82.01.060(2), and 84.36.865.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: WAC 458-16A-100 contains definitions used to evaluate qualification for the senior citizen, disabled person, and one hundred percent disabled veteran exemption contained in RCW 84.36.381 through 84.36.389. The department is considering revisions to the rule's definitions of "annuity" and "excess levies."
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Parties interested in this rule making may contact the individual listed below. The public may also participate by providing written comments throughout this rule making or giving oral testimony at the public meeting or public hearing.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication.
No preliminary draft of possible changes to the rule will be prepared prior to the public meeting. The purpose of the public meeting is to receive feedback on whether and to what extent the rule needs changes.
Written comments may be submitted by mail and should be directed to Atif Aziz, ITA Division, P.O. Box 47453, Olympia, WA 98504-7453, e-mail AtifA@dor.wa.gov.
Written and oral comments will be accepted at the public meeting.
Public Meeting Location: Capital Plaza Building, 2nd Floor Large Conference Room, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA, on November 19, 2015, at 1:30 p.m.
Call-in option can be provided upon request no later than three days before the meeting date.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Mary Carol LaPalm, (360) 725-7499, or Renee Cosare, (360) 725-7514, no later than ten days before the meeting date. For hearing impaired please contact us via the Washington relay operator at (800) 833-6384.
October 21, 2015
Kevin Dixon
Rules Coordinator