WSR 18-11-034

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed May 8, 2018, 8:53 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Creating rules for acceptance of gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises, of real or personal property and to govern and protect the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds, rents, profits, and income of all such gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 27.34.070.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: RCW 27.34.070 requires the adoption of rules to govern and protect the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds, rents, profits, and income of all gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises received by the society.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: The office of the secretary of state governs the activities of charitable organizations in Washington. We will seek comment on the proposed rules from this office prior to adoption.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Misty Reese, Director of Administration and Human Resources, 1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402, phone 253-798-5901, fax 253-272-9518, email misty.reese@wshs.wa.gov, web site www.washingtonhistory.org.

May 4, 2018

Jennifer Kilmer

Director