WSR 17-24-021
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
[Filed November 28, 2017, 11:21 a.m., effective December 29, 2017]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To amend the department's rule concerning fees for copying and providing public records in compliance with EHB 1595 (chapter 304, Laws of 2017).
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 415-06-060.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.50.050(5).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-21-078 on October 16, 2017.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: No changes. The text being adopted is identical to the text as proposed.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: November 22, 2017.
Tracy Guerin
Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 4, filed 7/27/77)
WAC 415-06-060 ((Copying.)) Fees.
(1) No fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records((. The department shall charge a fee equal to the amount necessary to reimburse the department for its actual costs incident to any copying)) or for locating public records and making them available for copying. However, the department may charge fees for copying and providing copies of public records. Such fees will not exceed the rates established in RCW 42.56.120, as amended by section 3, chapter 304, Laws of 2017.
(2) Pursuant to RCW 42.56.120, as amended by section 3, chapter 304, Laws of 2017, the department declares for the following reasons that it would be unduly burdensome to calculate the actual costs of copying and providing copies of public records: Department resources were not allocated for performing a study to calculate the actual costs; the department lacks the necessary resources to perform such a study and calculations; and such a study would interfere with and disrupt other essential department functions.