PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: New section in chapter 314-02 WAC, Requirements for retail liquor licensees.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 66.08.030, 66.24.630.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: New rules are needed to create a responsible vendor program as directed in Initiative 1183 that passed on November 8, 2011.
Process for Developing New Rule: Interested parties can participate in the discussions formulating this rule change by contacting or sending written comments to the agency staff listed below.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Karen McCall, Agency Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 43080, Olympia, WA 98504-3080, (360) 664-1631, fax (360) 664-9689.
January 25, 2012
Sharon Foster
Chairman