On March 17, 2004, the Governor received a petition from Randolph L. Rowland, guardian of Michael Rowland, who is a resident of Fircrest, asking for the repeal of emergency rules of 388-837 WAC, adopted by the Department of Social and Health Services on December 24, 2003.
DATE: March 18, 2004
Jennifer Joly
General Counsel to the GovernorMarch 18, 2004
Mr. Randolph L. Rowland
Sound Images, Inc.
2854 N.W. 59th Street
Seattle, Washington 98107
Dear Mr. Rowland:
On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, the Office of the Governor
received your petition seeking repeal of the Department of
Social and Health Services Emergency Rule WSR 04-02-010,
pertaining to residential rehabilitation centers. The DSHS
emergency rules, as contained in WSR 04-02-010, create several
new sections in Chapter 388-837, and repeal a section and
amend several sections in 388-835 of the Washington
Administrative Code.
This rule was adopted on December 24, 2003. It was filed with
the Office of the Code Reviser on December 29, 2003.
The statute under which you seek relief, RCW 34.05.350(3),
provides, in relevant part, that "within seven days after the
rule is adopted, any person may petition the governor
requesting immediate repeal of a rule adopted on an emergency
basis by any department listed in RCW 43.17.010." Given that
the rule was adopted on December 24, 2004, your petition is
untimely and thus no longer ripe for review by the Governor.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Joly
General Counsel
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.