WSR 14-21-083

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed October 13, 2014, 10:44 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Updates to chapter 10-04 WAC, Agency organization—Public records.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 34.05.020, 34.12.030, and 42.56.040.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The entire chapter 10-04 WAC will be revised to incorporate public records model rule language. The revisions will also reflect the recodification of the Public Records Act statute from chapter 42.17 RCW to chapter 42.56 RCW. A new section is also being added to include language identifying the official record keeper of the public records.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Barb Cleveland, Public Records Officer, Office of Administrative Hearings, P.O. Box 42488, Olympia, WA 98504-2488, (360) 407-2711, fax (360) 664-8721, Barb.cleveland@oah.wa.gov.

September 29, 2014

Lorraine Lee

Chief Administrative Law Judge