PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Disability payments.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.047.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Disability payments are authorized under RCW 77.12.264, but no mechanism for establishing eligibility is included in the statute. Rules are necessary for this purpose.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Bruce Bjork, Enforcement Program, Assistant Director, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, phone (360) 902-2373. Contact by April 17, 2003, expected proposal filing on or after April 18, 2003.
February 26, 2003
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator