BILL REQ. #:  S-0474.1 

Read first time 01/18/11.   Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation.

     AN ACT Relating to the office of regulatory assistance; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 43.131.401 and 43.131.402.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The legislature finds that it has both refined and added to the role of the office of regulatory assistance and that the office of regulatory assistance:
     (a) Complies with legislative intent where the statutes have been in place long enough to measure such compliance;
     (b) Has improved in its documentation demonstrating that it meets established goals and targets; and
     (c) Does not substantially duplicate services offered by other agencies or the private sector.
     (2) The legislature also finds that continuing the office of regulatory assistance would contribute to its ongoing efforts to make permitting processes easier to navigate.
     (3) Therefore, pursuant to the October 2010 recommendation of the joint legislative audit and review committee, the legislature intends to repeal the sunset of the office of regulatory assistance and continue the office without a termination date.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
     (1) RCW 43.131.401 (Office of regulatory assistance -- Termination) and 2007 c 231 s 6, 2007 c 94 s 15, 2003 c 71 s 5, & 2002 c 153 s 13; and
     (2) RCW 43.131.402 (Office of regulatory assistance -- Repeal) and 2010 c 162 s 7.