PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 308-56A WAC, Certificates of title -- Motor vehicles, etc. and chapter 308-96A WAC, Vehicle licenses, to include but not limited to rules associated with implementation of ESSB 6103, relating to transportation revenue.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.16.010.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: (hull 9/19/05) Rule making may be required to implement the requirements of ESSB 6103, which were passed in the 59th legislature (2005 regular session). The result of the rules will be a definition of acceptable forms of scale weight and a definition of private use single-axle trailers of two thousand pounds scale weight or less.
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.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Dale R. Brown, Management Analyst, Policy and Project Office, Mailstop 48001, P.O. Box 2956, Olympia, WA 98507-2957 or by phone (360) 902-4020, fax (360) 902-3827, TTY (360) 664-8885, e-mail DBROWN@dol.wa.gov.
Steve Boruchowitz, Manager
Policy and Project Office