EMERGENCY RULES
Date of Adoption: December 28, 1999.
Purpose: To update the motor vehicle accident-reporting threshold which has not been updated in ten years from $500.00 to $700.00.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.52.030.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: The current accident-reporting threshold is very outdated and contributes to the high number of accident reports submitted to the state. The threshold for property damage accidents needs to be raised immediately to a realistic level so that officers can concentrate on serious threats to public safety.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.
December 28, 1999
Annette M. Sandberg
Chief
Chapter 446-85 WAC
ACCIDENT-REPORTING THRESHOLD
NEW SECTION
WAC 446-85-005
Promulgation.
By authority of RCW 46.52.030(5), the Chief of the Washington State Patrol hereby establishes the following rule for the accident-reporting threshold based on the inflationary index as recommended by the office of financial management.
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Beginning January 1, 2000, the accident-reporting threshold for property damage accidents shall be seven hundred dollars.
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