WSR 15-24-064 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (Economic Services Administration) [Filed November 24, 2015, 2:30 p.m., effective December 25, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The community services division is repealing all sections of chapter 388-273 WAC related to the Washington telephone assistance program (WTAP) as the program is not funded in the state of Washington 2015-2017 biennium legislative budget (ESSB 6052). These sections include WAC 388-273-0010 Purpose of the Washington telephone assistance program, 388-273-0020 Who may receive Washington telephone assistance program (WTAP)?, 388-273-0025 Benefits you receive as a WTAP participant, 388-273-0030 How you can apply for WTAP, and 388-273-0035 What we reimburse the local telephone company.
RCW 80.36.470 prohibits enrollment in WTAP if program expenditures exceed the total amount of funds made available by the legislature. The department is repealing the above rules because WTAP is not funded in the state of Washington 2015-2017 biennium legislative budget (ESSB 6052).
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 388-273-0010, 388-273-0020, 388-273-0025, 388-273-0030, and 388-273-0035.
Other Authority: State of Washington biennium legislative budget (ESSB 6052).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-20-106 on October 6, 2015.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 5.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 5.
Date Adopted: November 24, 2015.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
REPEALER
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
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