These rules are intended to encourage investment in small businesses. The rules in this chapter offer an optional method of registration for companies issuing securities exempt from registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 504 of Regulation D or under Section 3(a)(11) of the Securities Act of 1933. The administrator recognizes that small issuers raising small amounts of money face special problems not faced by issuers raising larger amounts, and that standards appropriate to registrations of larger offerings may become unduly burdensome when applied to registrations of small offerings. The optional registration method offered by these rules is intended to reduce the costs and burdens of raising capital for small business without sacrificing investor protection, and to maximize the amount of offering proceeds available to the issuer for investment in the business. Issuers eligible for this method of registration shall use the SCOR registration form as the disclosure document for the offering. This method of registration shall be known as SCOR registration.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
21.20.450. WSR 96-11-027, § 460-17A-010, filed 5/6/96, effective 6/6/96. Statutory Authority: RCW
21.20.210,
21.20.240 and
21.20.450. WSR 88-17-012 (Order SDO-048-88), § 460-17A-010, filed 8/8/88.]