WSR 24-20-140

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING

[Filed October 2, 2024, 9:02 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 308-101-230(4) Final orders.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.01.110 Rule-making authority.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Following an analysis of our commercial driver's license (CDL) disqualification procedures, the department of licensing proposes rescinding WAC 308-101-230(4) to allow for these CDL disqualifications to be addressed within the personal driver's license hearing pursuant to RCW 46.20.308.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Not applicable.

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 Ellis Starrett, 1125 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-902-0131, email rulescorrdinator@dol.wa.gov [rulescoordinator@dol.wa.gov], website dol.wa.gov/about/rules; or Marta Reinhold, 1125 Washington Street S.E., 4th Floor East, Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-664-1488, fax 360-570-4950, email mreinhold@dol.wa.gov, hearings@dol.wa.gov.

October 2, 2024

Ellis Starrett

Rules and Policy Manager