Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: Scheduling reconsideration hearings: The rule change authorizes the commission to automatically schedule petitions for reconsideration of final orders issued by the commission. It also clarifies the process for petitioners. If the petition for reconsideration is received less than fifteen business days before a regularly scheduled commission meeting, the petition will be heard at the meeting immediately following the regularly scheduled commission meeting.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 230-50-562.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 06-22-048 on October 27, 2006.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: January 12, 2007.

Susan Arland

Rules Coordinator

OTS-9267.2

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 96-09-072, filed 4/16/96, effective 7/1/96)

WAC 230-50-562   Final orders -- When and how to file a petition for reconsideration of a final order.   Any party to an adjudicative proceeding may file a petition for reconsideration of a final order. A petition for reconsideration of a final order under RCW 34.05.470 shall be filed with the commission in accordance with WAC 230-50-210 within ten days of service of a final order. The petition for reconsideration shall be administered in accordance with RCW 34.05.470. If the petition is received at least fifteen business days before the next regularly scheduled meeting, the commission will schedule the petition to be heard at the upcoming meeting. If the petition is received less than fifteen business days before the next regularly scheduled meeting, the commission will schedule the petition for reconsideration at the meeting immediately following the regularly scheduled commission meeting.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW, RCW 9.46.140 and 9.46.070. 96-09-072, § 230-50-562, filed 4/16/96, effective 7/1/96.]

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