WSR 21-17-076

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

BOARD OF TAX APPEALS

[Filed August 12, 2021, 1:36 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 459-09 [456-09] WAC, Formal hearings—Practice and procedure.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 82.03 RCW.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: This section needs to be updated and made more readable, in addition to making it consistent with other sections of Title 459 [456] WAC et seq.

Process for Developing New Rule: Updating rule internally.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Keri Lamb, Clerk, Washington State Board of Tax Appeals, P.O. Box 40915, Olympia, WA 98504-0915, phone 360-753-5446, email bta@bta.wa.gov, website https://bta.wa.gov.

August 12, 2021

Andrea Vingo

Hearings Officer