PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Real estate license renewal fee increase. Amend WAC 308-124A-460.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.85.040(1).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: With projections for a continual decline in license renewals and increasing costs of doing business, fee increases for the real estate program are needed to defray the costs of administering the program as required by RCW 43.24.086.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making; and agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Jana L. Jones, Real Estate Program, Department of Licensing, P.O. Box 9015, Olympia, WA 98507-9015, phone (360) 664-6524, fax (360) 586-0998.
August 14, 2001
Jana L. Jones
Assistant Administrator