WSR 16-09-070
PERMANENT RULES
COUNTY ROAD
ADMINISTRATION BOARD
[Filed April 18, 2016, 12:50 p.m., effective May 19, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 136-150-022 Ascertaining the expenditures for traffic law enforcement, proposed changes to this section requires each county to maintain records of annual traffic law enforcement expenditures in such format and detail as to demonstrate that the funds were used for traffic law enforcement. Also references new chapter 136-25 WAC for defining traffic law enforcement activities.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 136-150-022.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 36.78 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-04-105 on February 2, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 14, 2015 [2016].
Jay P. Weber
Executive Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 03-21-136, filed 10/21/03, effective 11/21/03)
WAC 136-150-022 Ascertaining the expenditures for traffic law enforcement.
In those counties in which diverted road levy or transfer of road funds has been budgeted for traffic law enforcement, the county sheriff shall submit a certification showing the actual expenditure for traffic law enforcement in the previous budget year, on a form provided by the county road administration board, provided that counties with a population of less than eight thousand shall be exempt from this requirement. Such certification shall be submitted to the county road administration board no later than April 1st of each year. Each county shall maintain records of annual traffic law enforcement expenditures in such format and detail as to demonstrate that the funds were used for traffic law enforcement.
Definition of traffic law enforcement: For purposes of this chapter, traffic law enforcement is defined as engaging in the activities listed in WAC 136-25-030 in unincorporated county locations.