PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amendments will be made to chapter 308-125 WAC to limit the continuing education granted for attendance at real estate appraiser commission meetings and make corrections to qualifying education to meet the new appraiser qualifications criteria established by the appraiser qualifications board.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.140.030 (1), (7), (8), and (15).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To implement changes and correct existing rules to come into compliance with the appraiser qualifications board's real property appraiser qualifications criteria.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Ralph C. Birkedahl, Real Estate Appraiser Program, P.O. Box 9015, Olympia, WA 98507-9015, phone (360) 664-6504, fax (360) 570-4981, rbirkedahl@dol.wa.gov.
June 1, 2006
Ralph C. Birkedahl
Program Manager