WSR 16-07-026

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed March 9, 2016, 10:36 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 314-23-085 What types of discounts are not allowed.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 66.08.030.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: This rule making is needed to clarify what discounts are and are not allowed between distributors and retailers.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Interested parties can participate in the discussions formulating this rule change by contacting or sending written comments to the agency staff listed below.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Karen McCall, Agency Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 43080, Olympia, WA 98504-3080, (360) 664-1631, fax (360) 664-9689.

March 9, 2016

Jane Rushford

Chairman