PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 458-20-264 National uniform tobacco settlement.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 70.157.010.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: RCW 70.157.010 requires that the Department of Revenue promulgate regulations as necessary to ascertain the amount of state excise tax paid on the cigarettes of certain tobacco product manufacturers. The department is considering adopting a rule via the public rule-making process to satisfy this statutory requirement.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: The manufacture, transportation, and sale of cigarettes and certain tobacco products are regulated by both federal and state agencies. However, the information to be supplied pursuant to this rule is not regulated by any other agency.
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 Anne Solwick, Legislation and Policy, P.O. Box 47467, Olympia, WA 98504-7467, phone (360) 570-6129, fax (360) 664-0693, e-mail annes@dor.wa.gov.
Location and Date of Public Meeting: General Administration Building, 1st Floor Auditorium, 210 West 11th and Columbia Streets, Olympia, WA, on July 27, 2000, at 9:30 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) 570-6176.
June 13, 2000
Claire Hesselholt
Rules Manager
Legislation and Policy Division