WSR 14-02-107

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed December 31, 2013, 3:13 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: This new rule will provide brief adjudicative proceedings to those impacted by agency actions of the department of revenue in the administration of chapter 59.30 RCW. These brief adjudicative proceedings are authorized by RCW 34.05.482 through 34.05.494.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 84.33.096, 82.32.300, and 82.01.060(2).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: This will allow an appeal through brief adjudicative proceedings to those impacted by agency actions of the department of revenue in the administration of chapter 59.30 RCW regarding the assessment of the one-time business license fee; assessment of the annual renewal application fee; assessment of the annual registration assessment fee; and assessment of the delinquency fee for manufactured and mobile home communities.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Parties interested in this rule making may contact the individual listed below. The public may also participate by providing written comments throughout this rule making or giving oral testimony at the public meeting or public hearing.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. A preliminary draft of possible rule changes is available via the department's online Rules Agenda.

Written comments may be submitted by mail and should be directed to Mark E. Bohe, ITA Division, P.O. Box 47453, Olympia, WA 98504-7453, e-mail markbohe@dor.wa.gov.

Written and oral comments will be accepted at the public meeting.

Public Meeting Location: Capital Plaza Building, Fourth Floor Executive Conference Room, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA, on February 5, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. Call-in option can be provided upon request.

Assistance for Persons With Disabilities: Contact Mary Carol LaPalm, (360) 725-7499 or Renee Cosare, (360) 725-7514 no later than ten days before the meeting date. For hearing impaired please contact us via the Washington relay operator at (800) 833-6384.

December 31, 2013

Alan R. Lynn

Assistant Director