WSR 16-12-079
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
BIG BEND
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
[Filed May 31, 2016, 10:06 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Firearms and dangerous weapons (amendment to WAC 132R-117-010), of chapter 132R-117 WAC, General conduct code, relating to the possession of weapons on property owned or controlled by Big Bend Community College.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28B.50.140; chapter 34.05 RCW.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: These revisions are needed to update college standards and processes to better reflect current practices regarding the possession, use, and storage of weapons on college owned or controlled property.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Not applicable.
Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. Big Bend Community College welcomes employees, volunteers, donors, and the public to take part in developing rules. At a later date, Big Bend Community College will file with the office of the code reviser a notice of proposed rule making with the formal text. Interested parties can participate in the decision to amend the rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Linda Schoonmaker, Vice-President for Finance and Administration, 7662 Chanute Street N.E., Moses Lake, WA 98837-3299, lindas@bigbend.edu, melindad@bigbend.edu, phone (509) 793-2002.
May 31, 2016
Melinda Dourte
Executive Assistant
to the President