Purpose: During the process of amending the current permanent rule an extension of the emergency rule-making order was previously sought. The previous emergency rule order granted expired June 16. The bid process for the contract to manufacture the state flag is continuing and the adoption of an emergency rule was necessary for the process to continue. Bidding by flag manufacturers has concluded and permanent rules are now ready to take effect. The old WACs were out-of-date and did not list the valid color numbers.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 434-04-017.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.04.040.

     Other Authority: RCW 34.05.350.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-10-033 on April 28, 2005.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: July 7, 2005.

Steve Excell

Assistant Secretary of State

OTS-7811.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 89-20-031, filed 9/29/89, effective 10/30/89)

WAC 434-04-017   Description of seal for use on state flags.   (1) Each flag shall have official identical seals, one on each side of the flag, and so placed that the center of each seal shall be centered on each side of the flag. The seal may have a serrated edge;

     (2) The size of the seal to be used shall be in proportion to the size of the flag as follows:

((Flag Size:	Diameter of State Seal:
3' x 5' . . . . . . . . . . . .		19"
4' x 6' . . . . . . . . . . . .		25"
5' x 8' . . . . . . . . . . . .		31"))

Flag	Size Diameter of State Seal:
3' x 5'	19"
4' x 6'	25"
5' x 8'	31"

     In all the other instances, the ratio of the seal diameter to the length of the flag shall be 1:3; and the ratio of the flag height to flag width shall be 1:1.6;

     (3) The following color references for textiles are by cable number ((are those colors)) in the Standard Color ((Card)) Reference of America, ((Ninth)) Tenth Edition (((second issue))) of The ((Textile)) Color ((Card)) Association of the United States, Inc., New York, New York((:

     (a) Flag background - Irish green, cable #70, 168;

     (b) State seal background - Oriental blue, cable #70, 209;

     (c) State seal (portrait, lettering, outer and inner rings) - black;

     (d) Gold used in state seal and fringe (if any) - nugget gold, cable #70, 215;

     (e) Face of George Washington - PMS - 169 (flesh tint).

     (4) All colors shall be of colorfast washable dyes.))

Flag Color	Cable Color (Textile)	Pantone Color (Process CMYK Printing)
Flag Background	Irish Green 80210	PMS DS-268-1
State Seal Background	Oriental Blue 80176	PMS DS-226-3
State Seal (portrait, lettering, outer and inner rings)	Black	PMS Process Black
State Seal Gold	Spanish Yellow 80068	PMS DS-5-4
Fringe (if any) Gold	Spanish Yellow 80068	PMS DS-5-4
George Washington's Face	Eggshell 80004	PMS DS-5-9

     (4) All textile colors shall be of colorfast washable dyes;

     (5) The flag may be flown or displayed in its entirety as described herein; the state seal shall not be expropriated from the flag for any other use and such expropriation is regulated by the statutes (chapter 43.04 RCW) and administrative rules (chapter 434-04 WAC) governing the use of the Washington state seal.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.04.040(4). 89-20-031, § 434-04-017, filed 9/29/89, effective 10/30/89.]

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