WSR 98-06-064

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

[Filed March 2, 1998, 12:40 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Setting pay dates for state officers and employees for 1999.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 42.16.010(1) and 42.16.017.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The Office of Financial Management is required by statute to establish pay dates for each calendar year.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: State pay dates are coordinated so that they do not fall on state holidays designated by the Department of Personnel or federal holidays designated by the Federal Reserve System.

Process for Developing New Rule: Criteria established by statute, legal holidays established for the state by the Department of Personnel and for the federal government by the Federal Reserve System, are applied to establish pay dates for state officers and employees.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Millie Lund, Office of Financial Management, 406 Legion Way S.E., Olympia, WA 98504-3123, phone (360) 664-3419, FAX (360) 664-3423.

March 4 [2], 1998

Lynne McGuire