WSR 98-10-087
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
(Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers)
[Filed May 5, 1998, 12:36 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Changing annual license expiration dates of funeral establishments, branch funeral establishments, and crematories from June 30 to January 31; and changing the period for which crematory license renewal fees are determined from "June 1 to May 31" to "previous calendar year.".
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.39.175(4).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To allow a more accurate projection of revenues by changing the renewal dates from June 30, which is the end of the fiscal year, to a later date within the fiscal year. Currently, there is a significant number of renewal documents which are mailed in one fiscal year, i.e., before June 30, but are received by the department in the next fiscal year, July 1 or later. The number of late receipts varies from year to year, making it difficult to accurately predict the revenue for a fiscal year. A change to January 31 will permit accurate tracking and estimation of these revenues.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by providing written comments to the board at Funeral and Cemetery Unit, P.O. Box 9012, Olympia, WA 98507-9012, phone (360) 586-4905, FAX (360) 664-2550.
March 20, 1998
Jon Donnellan
Administrator