PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Changes as the result of legislation passed in the year 2001, specifically SB 5275, and eliminate the reports to the Secretary of State regarding all mail elections.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 29.04.210, 29.36.150.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: These amendments are needed to bring sections of the Washington Administrative Code into compliance with new state law.
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 by contacting Sheryl Moss, Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 40232, Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 664-3653, fax (360) 664-3657, e-mail shmoss@secstate.wa.gov.
August 6, 2001
Steve Excell
Assistant Secretary of State