WSR 13-22-091

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed November 6, 2013, 10:43 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 314-55-050 Reasons the board may seek denial, suspension, or cancellation of a marijuana license application or license.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 69.50.342 and 69.50.345.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The board has learned that how the one thousand foot buffer is measured under the rules adopted by the board on October 16, 2013, differs from the way the federal government measures the one thousand foot buffer. The board needs to change the way the board will measure the one thousand foot buffer to be consistent with the federal government.

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.

November 6, 2013

Sharon Foster

Chairman