WSR 97-11-066

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING

[Filed May 21, 1997, 9:49 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Commercial parking companies.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.01.110.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To define a commercial parking company and to provide commercial parking companies a means of obtaining vehicle owner information for collection of owed parking fees or fines.

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

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. Interested parties are invited to participate in this rule making. Please contact Jack L. Lince, Contracts Manager, Title and Registration Services, P.O. Box 2957, Olympia, WA 98507-2957, phone (360) 902-3773, FAX (360) 664-0831, TDD (360) 664-8885. Comments are requested by July 7, 1997.

May 21, 1997

Nancy Kelly, Administrator