WSR 14-17-045

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed August 14, 2014, 1:03 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Licensing reciprocity with other states.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.140.030(1).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Change existing rules to come into compliance with a federal requirement under Title XI, Dodd-Frank Act to remove all state restrictions on reciprocity.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Appraisal Subcommittee, 1401 H Street N.W., Suite 760, Washington, DC 20005.

Process for Developing New Rule: The director must have the advice and approval of the real estate appraiser commission to do rules.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Dee Sharp, P.O. Box 9021, Olympia, WA 98507-9021, (360) 664-6504, e-mail DSharp@dol.wa.gov.

August 14, 2014

Damon Monroe

Rules Coordinator