PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 308-124H-025.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.85.040 (1) and (4).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: (1) Reorganize for easier reading; (2) ensure that courses contain up-to-date information; (3) ensure current topic areas are related to the practice of real estate; and (4) include a "consumer protection" basis in all course offerings.
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 Jerry McDonald, P.O. Box 2445, Olympia, WA 98507, phone (360) 664-6524, fax (360) 570-7051, e-mail jmcdonald@dol.wa.gov.
December 21, 2006
Jerry McDonald
Assistant Administrator