PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Cash option for Lotto jackpot winners and past annuity winners.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 67.70.040(1).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The lottery is considering amending WAC 315-34-055 and/or adopting new rules, amending or repealing additional rules to specify the timing of a winner's choice of the cash option.
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 contacting Mary Jane Ferguson, Rules Coordinator, at (360) 753-1947, fax (360) 586-6586, P.O. Box 43025, Olympia, WA 98504-3025, with any comments or questions regarding this statement of intent.
April 30, 1999
Mary Jane Ferguson
Rules Coordinator