WSR 19-19-020
PERMANENT RULES
BOARD OF TAX APPEALS
[Filed September 9, 2019, 4:51 p.m., effective October 10, 2019]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Add new section to chapter 456-12 WAC making electronic mail the board's primary method of written communications.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 456-12-125.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW
82.03.170.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 19-15-126 on July 23, 2019.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: September 9, 2019.
Kate Adams
Executive Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 456-12-125Electronic correspondence.
(1) Consistent with changing standards in communication, and to ensure efficient use of state resources, the board adopts electronic mail as its primary method of written communication.
(2) When possible, decisions and other correspondence of the board will be sent by electronic mail.
(3) For purposes of these rules, decisions and other board correspondence sent by electronic mail will have the same effect as if sent by United States mail.
(4) The board will accept submissions via electronic mail as provided in these rules.
(5) This rule does not apply to or affect the requirements for serving a party to a proceeding.