HB 2748 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

     Provides that RCW 34.05.322 does not apply to:  The commissioner of public lands, the department of social and health services, the department of ecology, the department of agriculture, the department of health, the department of revenue, the department of licensing, the employment security department, and the fish and wildlife commission.

     Provides that, after December 31, 2000, the following agencies may not rely solely on a statute's statement of intent or purpose or the enabling provisions of the statute establishing the agency, or any combination of such provisions, for the agency's statutory authority to have adopted a rule challenged after December 31, 2000:  The commissioner of public lands, the department of social and health services, the department of ecology, the department of agriculture, the department of health, the department of revenue, the department of licensing, the department of labor and industries, the employment security department, the forest practices board, the fish and wildlife commission, and the office of the insurance commissioner.

     Declares that, if any agency chooses to appeal a decision of the superior court rendered under chapter 34.05 RCW, the agency shall pay the subsequent fees and other expenses incurred by the qualified party or parties that prevailed in superior court.