WSR 15-12-080

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed June 1, 2015, 9:42 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 36-13 WAC, Professional wrestling.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 67.08.017 and 43.24.023.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The department will be reviewing the WAC for effectiveness, clarity, intent, and statutory authority. In addition, industry stakeholders have requested amendments as the rules were written over ten years ago and are no longer meeting industry standards of practice.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Development of rules will be made by holding industry stakeholder workshops, through e-mail, direct mailings to licensees and interested parties.

To receive information by e-mail, please sign up on the combative sports program listserv at http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/athletics/emaillist.html.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. Interested parties may send in their comments by mail to Cameron Dalmas, Combative Sports Program, Department of Licensing, P.O. Box 9026, Olympia, WA 98507, phone (360) 664-6643, e-mail plssunit@dol.wa.gov, fax (360) 664-2550. Additional information will be posted on the combative sports program web site as it becomes available at http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/athletics/.

June 1, 2015

Damon Monroe

Rules Coordinator