WSR 18-10-068

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed April 30, 2018, 2:55 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amend Title 390 WAC to implement chapter 304, Laws of 2018, concerning campaign finance law enforcement and reporting.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 42.17A.110(1).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The 2018 legislature passed ESHB 2938, chapter 304, Laws of 2018, concerning campaign finance law enforcement and reporting. To comply with chapter 304, Laws [of] 2018, current Title 390 WAC must be amended, repealed and new sections added. The effective date of the bill is June 7, 2018.

Process for Developing New Rule: Collaborative rule-making process.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Barbara Sandahl, Public Disclosure Commission, 711 Capitol Way South, Suite 206, Olympia, WA 98501, phone 360-753-1111, email pdc.@pdc.wa.gov [pdc@pdc.wa.gov], web site www.pdc.wa.gov.

April 30, 2018

B. G. Sandahl

Deputy Director