PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 458-20-166 Hotels, motels, boarding houses, rooming houses, resorts, summer camps, trailer camps, etc.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 82.32.300.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The current rule needs updating to provide information regarding the United States government's new credit card program. The rule also needs to be revised to clarify the conditions under which a lodging provider is considered to be making a tax exempt lease or rental of real property, as opposed to a retail sale of lodging.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Modified negotiated rule making.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. Written comments may be submitted by mail, fax, or at the public meeting. Oral comments will be accepted at the public meeting. A preliminary draft of the proposed changes is available upon request. Written comments on and/or requests for copies of the rule may be directed to Alan R. Lynn, Legislation and Policy, P.O. Box 47467, Olympia, WA 98504-7467, phone (360) 586-9040, fax (360) 664-0693, e-mail alanr@dor.wa.gov.
Location and Date of Public Meeting: Evergreen Plaza Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 711 Capitol Way, Olympia, WA, on November 10, 1999, at 10:00 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Ginny Dale no later than ten days before the hearing date TDD 1-800-451-7985 or (360) 586-0721.
October 6, 1999
Russell W. Brubaker
Assistant Director
Legislation and Policy Division