WSR 15-16-074

EMERGENCY RULES

[Filed July 31, 2015, 10:07 a.m., effective July 31, 2015, 10:07 a.m.]

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.

Purpose: The community services division is repealing WAC 388-273-0020 Who may receive Washington telephone assistance program (WTAP)? and 388-273-0030 How you can apply for WTAP.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 388-273-0020 and 388-273-0030.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 80.36.470.

Other Authority: State of Washington 2015-2017 biennial operating budget (ESSB 6052 207).

Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.

Reasons for this Finding: RCW 80.36.470 prohibits enrollment in WTAP if program expenditures exceed the total amount of funds made available by the legislature. The department is repealing the above rules because the WTAP program is not funded in the state of Washington 2015-2017 biennium legislative budget (ESSB 6052 207).

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

Date Adopted: July 28, 2015.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator

The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed: