5257 AMS KAST S1245.2

SB 5257 - S AMD

12By Senators Kastama, Roach

ADOPTED 02/11/2003

Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1. RCW 34.05.360 and 1988 c 288 s 311 are each amended to read as follows:

The order of adoption by which each rule is adopted by an agency shall contain all of the following:

(1) If the head of the agency is appointed by the governor, then the signature of the governor is required for significant legislative rules;

(2) The date the agency adopted the rule;

(((2))) (3) A concise statement of the purpose of the rule;

(((3))) (4) A reference to all rules repealed, amended, or suspended by the rule;

(((4))) (5) A reference to the specific statutory or other authority authorizing adoption of the rule;

(((5))) (6) Any findings required by any provision of law as a precondition to adoption or effectiveness of the rule; and

(((6))) (7) The effective date of the rule if other than that specified in RCW 34.05.380(2)."

EFFECT: Rules adopted by offices or agencies of separately elected, statewide officials, or of statewide officials appointed by commissions, are not subject to the requirement that the governor sign the rule. These agencies include the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the state auditor, the attorney general, the superintendent of public instruction, the insurance commissioner, the commissioner of public lands, and the department of fish and wildlife. The requirement of the governor's signature only applies to significant legislative rules.

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