Subject of Possible Rule Making: From time to time, the Joint Boards (Central Puget Sound, Western and Eastern) need to amend their rules of practice and procedure to reflect changes in the law and practice.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 36.70A.270(7).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The boards' rules were last revised in January of 1998. Several sections of the WACs can be streamlined and clarified.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: The boards are quasi-judicial boards, the WACs govern only the boards' practice and procedure.

Process for Developing New Rule: Draft rules amendments developed jointly by the boards based on experiences and issues raised by participants in the review process.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Ed McGuire, Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, 1215 Fourth Avenue, Suite 322, Financial Center, Seattle, WA 98161-1001, phone (206) 389-2625, fax (206) 389-2588, e-mail CPS@GMABOARDS.WA.GOV.

August 16, 1999

E.G. McGuire

Board Member

Rules Coordinator