WSR 15-18-098 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (Economic Services Administration) [Filed September 1, 2015, 10:16 a.m., effective September 1, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: September 1, 2015.
Purpose: The department is repealing WAC 388-273-0010 Purpose of the Washington telephone assistance program, 388-273-0025 Benefits you receive as a WTAP participant, and 388-273-0035 What we reimburse the local telephone company.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 388-273-0010, 388-273-0025, and 388-273-0035.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 80.36.470.
Other Authority: State of Washington 2015-17 biennial operating budget (ESSB 6052 [section] 207).
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.
Reasons for this Finding: RCW 80.36.470 prohibits enrollment in the Washington telephone assistance program (WTAP) if program expenditures exceed the total amount of funds made available by the legislature. The department is repealing the above rules because the WTAP program is not funded in the state of Washington 2015-2017 biennium legislative budget (ESSB 6052 [section] 207).
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 3.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 3.
Date Adopted: August 26, 2015.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
REPEALER
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
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