CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1475

Chapter 93, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



AGENCIES--RULE-MAKING WEB SITES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the House February 23, 2009
  Yeas 92   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 7, 2009
  Yeas 44   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1475 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 15, 2009, 11:14 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 15, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1475
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Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Representatives Orcutt, Probst, McCune, Eddy, Herrera, Johnson, Short, and Kelley

Read first time 01/21/09.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.



     AN ACT Relating to state agency rule-making information; and adding a new section to chapter 34.05 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 34.05 RCW to read as follows:
     Within existing resources, each state agency shall maintain a web site that contains the agency's rule-making information. A direct link to the agency's rule-making page must be displayed on the agency's homepage. The rule-making web site shall include the complete text of all proposed rules, emergency rules, and permanent rules proposed or adopted within the past twelve months, or include a direct link to the index page on the Washington State Register web site that contains links to the complete text of all proposed rules, emergency rules, and permanent rules proposed or adopted within the past twelve months by that state agency. For proposed rules, the time, date, and place for the rule-making hearing and the procedures and timelines for submitting written comments and supporting data must be posted on the web site.


         Passed by the House February 23, 2009.
         Passed by the Senate April 7, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor April 15, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 15, 2009.