WSR 18-04-092 EXPEDITED RULES OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT [Filed February 5, 2018, 5:29 p.m.] Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 82-50-021 Official state lagged semi-monthly pay dates established. Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: WAC 82-50-021 publishes the official lagged, semi-monthly pay dates for state officers and employees. This WAC, which provides pay dates for the current and ensuing calendar years, is amended each year to add pay dates for the ensuing year and delete the pay dates for the previous year. The purpose of this filing is to establish official pay dates for state officers and employees for calendar year 2019 and delete the obsolete pay dates for calendar year 2017. Reasons Supporting Proposal: The statute requires that the office of financial management (OFM) annually update and publish state pay dates. Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision. Name of Proponent: OFM, governmental. Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Steve Nielson, 106 11th Avenue S.W., Olympia, 360-725-0226; Implementation and Enforcement: Brian Tinney, 106 11th Avenue S.W., Olympia, 360-725-0171. This notice meets the following criteria to use the expedited adoption process for these rules: Relates only to internal governmental operations that are not subject to violation by a person. Explanation of the Reason the Agency Believes the Expedited Rule-Making Process is Appropriate: The rule change is internal to state government and only affects state employee paydates. NOTICE THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Roselyn Marcus, OFM, P.O. Box 43113, Olympia, WA 98504-3113, phone 360-902-0434, email Roselyn.Marcus@ofm.wa.gov, AND RECEIVED BY April 10, 2018. February 5, 2018 Roselyn Marcus Assistant Director for
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AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-13-073, filed 6/16/17, effective 7/17/17)
WAC 82-50-021 Official lagged, semimonthly pay dates established.
Unless exempted otherwise under the provisions of WAC 82-50-031, the salaries of all state officers and employees are paid on a lagged, semimonthly basis for the official twice-a-month pay periods established in RCW 42.16.010(1). The following are the official lagged, semimonthly pay dates for calendar years ((2017 and)) 2018 and 2019:
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