WSR 19-11-011

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

[Filed May 3, 2019, 9:17 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 137-104 WAC, Community custody violation hearings.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 72.01.090.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Ensure that the rules are consistent with desired hearing practices.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Thomas Layne, Administrator, Hearings and Violations, P.O. Box 41113, Olympia, WA 98504-1113, phone 360-725-9301, email Thomas.layne@doc.wa.gov, web site www.doc.wa.gov; or Maria Puccio, Rule[s] Coordinator, P.O. Box 41114, Olympia, WA 98504-1114, phone 360-725-8362, fax 360-664-2009, email maria.puccio@doc.wa.gov, web site www.doc.wa.gov.

May 3, 2019

Stephen Sinclair

Secretary