WSR 23-14-012
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SECRETARY OF STATE
[Filed June 22, 2023, 3:22 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Elections.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 29A.04.611 and 43.07.120.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Updating the filing fee for proposed measures and implementation of a method of random assignment of initiative numbers assigned to filed proposals.
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 Fina Ormond, P.O. Box 40229, Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-902-4146, fax 360-664-4619, email elections@sos.wa.gov, website sos.wa.gov/elections; or Victoria Donahue, P.O. Box 40229, Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-725-5788, fax 360-664-4619, email elections@sos.wa.gov, website sos.wa.gov/elections.
June 22, 2023
Randy Bolerjack
Deputy Secretary of State