IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF NEW GR 31.1 - ACCESS TO ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS

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ORDER NO. 25700-A-1022

     The Court having considered a proposed new General Rule (GR) 31.1 - Access to Administrative Records and having considered the written public comments, and

     The Court having made substantial revisions to the proposed rule in response to the public comments, and

     The Court having approved new GR 31.1 for publication for an expedited 90-day period for the receipt of further comments;

     Now, therefore, it is hereby

     ORDERED:

     (a) That pursuant to the provisions of GR 9(g), new proposed GR 31.1 as shown below is to be published for an expedited 90-day period for comments in the Washington Reports, Washington Register, Washington State Bar Association and Administrative Office of the Court's websites.

     (b) The purpose statement as required by GR 9(e), is published solely for the information of the Bench, Bar, and other interested parties.

     (c) Comments are to be submitted to the Clerk of the Supreme Court by either U.S. Mail or Internet E-mail by no later than August 26, 2013. Comments may be sent to the following addresses: P.O. Box 40929, Olympia, Washington 98504-0929, or Denise.Foster@courts.wa.gov. Comments submitted by e-mail message must be limited to 1500 words.

     DATED at Olympia, Washington this 10th day of May, 2013.

	For the Court
	Madsen, C.J.
	CHIEF JUSTICE

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