WSR 14-10-020
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL
[Filed April 28, 2014, 8:26 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Lighting requirements.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.37.005.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The proposed changes would amend the definition for construction and maintenance vehicles to capture the public construction vehicles being used by entities such as the Washington state department of transportation so that they may use amber emergency lights as outlined under this section. The proposed changes may also include cleanup to the lighting requirements for school buses and provide other cleanup to the language in the chapter.
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 Melissa Van Gorkom, Washington State Patrol, Government and Media Relations, P.O. Box 42600, Olympia WA 98504-2600, (360) 596-4017, fax (360) 596-4015, wsprules@wsp.wa.gov.
April 25, 2014
John R. Batiste
Chief