WSR 24-07-037

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

SECRETARY OF STATE

[Filed March 13, 2024, 10:44 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 634-615 [434-615] WAC, Custody of public records.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 40.14.020(6).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Clarify the custody of public records when located by agencies in temporary storage at the state records center. To state that it is not prohibited for agencies to transfer records between each other when needed to perform a governmental function.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Terry Badger, P.O. Box 40238, phone 360-586-1602, fax 360-664-8814, email archives@sos.wa.gov.

March 13, 2024

Amanda Doyle

Chief of Staff