PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 390-14-105 List of elected public officials--Responsibility for developing.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 42.17.370(1).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The commission may consider repealing this rule. Annually, the agency produces a list of elected public officials to assist lobbyist employers and other persons who must file disclosure reports pursuant to RCW 42.17.180. The rule assigns the responsibility for completing the list to the agency's executive director. The commission may decide that the rule is unnecessary. Repealing this rule would not eliminate the requirement that the agency produce the list of elected public officials.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: This rule was examined as part of the agency's rule review process. That process includes input from stakeholders who are part of a Rules Review Advisory Committee.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Public Disclosure Commission Assistant Director, Vicki Rippie, P.O. Box 40908, 711 Capitol Way, Room 403, Olympia, WA 98504, (360) 586-4838, fax (360) 753-1112, e-mail vrippie@pdc.wa.gov. A public hearing on any proposed change will likely occur on Tuesday, May 25, 1999. Public testimony will be welcome at that time, or written comments may be submitted by May 12, 1999, for consideration at the hearing.
March 1, 1999
Melissa Warheit
Executive Director
by Vicki Rippie