Subject of Possible Rule Making: The department is planning to adopt a rule to tell retirees and beneficiaries how to authorize deductions from their monthly retirement allowance.

     Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 41.50.050(5), 41.26.053, 41.32.052, 41.35.100, 41.37.090, 41.40.052, 43.43.295.

     Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To tell retirees and beneficiaries how to authorize certain deductions from their monthly retirement allowance, and how to revoke that authorization. Deductions may be authorized for qualified insurance premiums, charitable contributions and association dues.

     Process for Developing New Rule: The department of retirement systems (DRS) will develop the draft rule(s) with the assistance of the attorney general's office. The public is invited and encouraged to participate, as described below.

     Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. DRS encourages your active participation in the rule-making process. After the rule(s) is drafted, DRS will file a copy with the office of the code reviser with a notice of proposed rule making. The notice will include the time and date of a public rules hearing. DRS will send a copy of the notice and the proposed rule(s) to everyone currently on the mailing list and anyone else who requests a copy. To request a copy or for more information on how to participate, please contact Leslie Saeger, Rules and Contracts Coordinator, Department of Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, voice (360) 664-7291, TTY (360) 586-5450, fax (360) 753-3166, e-mail leslies@drs.wa.gov.

December 30, 2005

Leslie Saeger

Rules Coordinator