PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Raffles.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 9.46.070.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To implement legislation that passed in 2000 enabling credit unions to conduct raffles.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Ben Bishop, Deputy Director, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7640; Sherri Winslow, Deputy Director, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7654 ext. 301; or Susan Arland, Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 42400, Olympia, WA 98504-2400, (360) 438-7654 ext. 374.
Meetings at Cavanaugh's Inn at the Park, 303 West North River Drive, Spokane, WA 99202, (509) 326-8000, on June 8 and 9, 2000; at the WestCoast Bellevue Hotel, 625 116th Avenue N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004, (425) 455-9444, on July 13 and 14, 2000; and at The Inn at Gig Harbor, 3211 56th Street N.W., Gig Harbor, WA 98335, (253) 858-1111, on August 10 and 11, 2000.
April 11, 2000
Susan Arland
Rules Coordinator