Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.43.035.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The repeal of this chapter is proposed for the following reasons:

1. WAC 196-04-010 Marine surveyor and 196-04-020 Branch of marine surveyor discontinued, deal with the elimination of the branch of Marine Surveyor. This branch was discontinued as of the end of calendar year 1965. The provisions in these two rules were filed in 1963 and have long since become unnecessary to the board operations.

2. WAC 196-04-025 Board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors--Powers and duties, is a rule adopted in 1988 when a question was raised about the role of the board. At present this rule is not in full agreement with established hiring practices and the agreement between the Department of Licensing and the board. The rule also refers to the position of "registrar" that is no longer used.

3. WAC 196-04-030 Chief executive of the board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors--Duties, qualification and 196-04-040 Assistant registrar for board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors--Duties, qualifications, provisions of these rules have been in effect since 1985 and have not been updated to reflect the qualifications that are now needed to administer the board program. These rules are out-of-date and are not consistent with the board's desired requirements for the positions. The qualifications and job responsibilities for the management positions of board staff would better serve the board at an internal policy level than codified in the Washington Administrative Code. This would give the board the ability to update qualifications for the positions in a more timely manner as the job responsibilities change.

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

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 sending written comments to George A. Twiss, Executive Director, P.O. Box 9649, Olympia, WA 98507-9649, (360) 586-3361, FAX (360) 664-2551; or Rick Notestine, Program Director, Licensing, P.O. Box 9649, Olympia, WA 98507-9649, (360) 586-7298, FAX (360) 664-2551.

May 12, 1998

George A. Twiss

Executive Director

Engineers Board