WSR 15-02-087 PERMANENT RULES OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS [Filed January 7, 2015, 11:57 a.m., effective January 12, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: January 12, 2015.
Other Findings Required by Other Provisions of Law as Precondition to Adoption or Effectiveness of Rule: The reason for the January 12, 2015, effective date is that November 26, 2014, was the last day of operations for our Vancouver office, and we want to inform the public as soon as possible.
Purpose: (1) The office of administrative hearings closed our Vancouver office on November 26, 2014. The functions of this former office are now part of the Olympia field office.
(2) The office of administrative hearings changed the title of assistant deputy chief administrative law judge to assistant chief administrative law judge.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 10-04-020.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 34.12.030(6).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-21-025 on October 3, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Lorraine Lee
Chief Administrative
Law Judge
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 13-08-047, filed 3/28/13, effective 4/28/13)
WAC 10-04-020 Function—Organization—Offices.
The office of administrative hearings conducts impartial administrative hearings for state agencies and local governments pursuant to chapter 34.12 RCW. The office is under the direction of the chief administrative law judge.
Administrative law judges preside over hearings in adjudicative proceedings and issue initial or final orders, including findings of fact and conclusions of law.
The administrative office is located at 2420 Bristol Ct. SW, P.O. Box 42488, Olympia, Washington, 98504-2488. The office hours are 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday except legal holidays. Administrative law judges are assigned to field offices located in Olympia, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma(([,] Vancouver)), and Yakima. Each office is headed by an assistant ((deputy)) chief administrative law judge.
All written communications by parties pertaining to a particular case shall be filed with the field office, if any, assigned to the case, and otherwise with the chief administrative law judge or designee at the administrative office.
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules, and deems ineffectual changes not filed by the agency in this manner. The bracketed material in the above section does not appear to conform to the statutory requirement. |