PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Exempt from preproposal statement of inquiry under RCW 34.05.310(4).
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 357-01-115 Disabled veteran.
Hearing Location(s): Department of Personnel, Classroom #4, 600 South Franklin, Olympia, WA, on September 8, 2005, at 10:00 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: September 8, 2005.
Submit Written Comments to: Sharon Whitehead, Department of Personnel, P.O. Box 47500, fax (360) 586-4694 (FOR DOP TRACKING PURPOSES PLEASE NOTE ON SUBMITTED COMMENTS "FORMAL COMMENT"), by September 1, 2005.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Department of Personnel by September 1, 2005, TTY (360) 753-4107 or (360) 586-8260.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: This modification brings the state's affirmative action definition of disabled veteran in line with the federal definition established in Title 38 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 41.06 RCW.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 41.06.150.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Department of Personnel, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Sandi Stewart, 521 Capitol Way South, Olympia, WA, (360) 664-6345; Implementation and Enforcement: Department of Personnel.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Not required.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328.
July 26, 2005
Eva N. Santos
Director
(1) ((e)) Entitled to disability compensation under laws
administered by the Veterans Administration for disability
rated at 30 percent or more((,)) or disability rated at least
10 percent in case of a veteran who has been determined by the
Veterans Administration to have a serious employment handicap;
or
(2) ((a person)) ((w)) Whose discharge or release from
active duty was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the
line of duty.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 05-01-204, § 357-01-115, filed 12/21/04, effective 7/1/05.]
Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.