PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Rules to permit the lottery to cash out the annuity prizes of prior winners.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 67.70.040(1).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The lottery is considering passing new rules to add to chapter 315-06 WAC, as well as passing other new rules, amending rules and repealing rules as necessary, to permit the lottery to cash out the annuity prizes of past prize winners.
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 contacting Mary Jane Ferguson, Rules Coordinator, at (360) 664-48933 [664-4833], fax (360) 586-6586, P.O. Box 43025, Olympia, WA 98504-3025, with any comments or questions regarding this statement of intent.
December 6, 1999
Mary Jane Ferguson
Rules Coordinator