WSR 16-10-107

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed May 4, 2016, 10:41 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 139-05-300 Requirement for in-service training.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 43.101.080.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: These changes establish clarification to the extension provision and gives the Washington state criminal justice training commission (WSCJTC) auditor the authority to make decisions regarding exceptions under extenuating circumstances when the employing agency has made every reasonable effort to meet compliance, therefore aiding the stakeholder agencies in obtaining compliance with the rule.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: WSCJTC regulates this process.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Sonja Peterson, Rules Coordinator, WSCJTC, 19010 1st Avenue South, Burien, WA 98148, e-mail speterson@cjtc.state.wa.us, phone (206) 835-7356. Commissioners will be advised of the proposed rule changes via e-mail. Proposed changes will also be listed on the agency web site.

May 4, 2016

Sonja Peterson

Rules Coordinator