WSR 20-01-149

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

(Community Economic Revitalization Board)

[Filed December 17, 2019, 2:30 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amending Title 133 WAC, Department of commerce (community economic revitalization board).

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 43.160.050 authorizes the community economic revitalization board to adopt rules as necessary to carry out the purposes of chapter 43.160 RCW.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Amendments to Title 133 WAC will bring community economic revitalization board rules into alignment with policy and statutory changes that have occurred since that last WAC update in 1987.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Not applicable.

Process for Developing New Rule: Standard rule-making process.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Janea Delk, P.O. Box 42525, Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-725-3151, email janea.delk@commerce.wa.gov, website commerce.wa.gov/CERB.

December 17, 2019

Sarah Coggins

Rules Coordinator