WSR 19-11-108

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

BUILDING CODE COUNCIL

[Filed May 21, 2019, 12:25 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 51-04 WAC, Policies and procedures for consideration of statewide and local amendments to the State Building Code.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 19.27.035.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The council was directed by the legislature to adopt changes to their process for adopting statewide amendments and the process for review of local amendments to the State Building Code.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study; and stakeholder survey.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Richard Brown, P.O. Box 41449, Olympia, WA 98504-1449, phone 360-407-9277, email sbcc@des.wa.gov, web site sbcc.wa.gov.

May 21, 2019

Doug Orth

Council Chair