WSR 13-18-057

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed September 3, 2013, 8:52 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Practice and procedure.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 43.43 RCW.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Current rules are thirty-five plus years old and need to be updated to better define timeline for requesting a trial board and the scope of information to be considered by a hearing officer or board.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Attorney general's office, office of financial management.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency review.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Captain Travis Matheson, WSP Office of Professional Standards, P.O. Box 42600, Olympia, WA 98504-2600, (360) 704-2333, Travis.matheson@wsp.wa.gov.

September 3, 2013

John R. Batiste

Chief