WSR 19-06-086

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

[Filed March 6, 2019, 10:34 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Fees related to requests for documents as allowed by the Public Records Act.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 41.50.050.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To clarify the fees that will be assessed for documents and electronic files provided in response to a request made in accordance with the Public Records Act, including procedures for payment, and when the fees may be waived.

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 Jilene Siegel, Department of Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, phone 360-664-7291, TTY 711, email jilene.siegel@drs.wa.gov, web site www.drs.wa.gov/rules/.

March 6, 2019

Jilene Siegel

Rules Coordinator