Purpose: The 1998 legislature amended chapter 49.12 RCW regarding employee wearing apparel. Those amendments conflict with WAC 296-126-098. Because the statute supersedes the rule, the rule should be repealed.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 296-126-098.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 49.12.091.

Other Authority: Chapter 334, Laws of 1998.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 98-08-103 on April 1, 1998.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

June 18, 1998

Gary Moore

Director

REPEALER

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 296-126-098 Wearing apparel.