PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SECRETARY OF STATE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Update the administrative rules governing the production of the Official State Voters Pamphlet. Chapter 29.81 RCW was amended during the 1999 legislative session and the proposed amendments to chapter 434-381 WAC are designed to update existing regulations to correspond to the current state law.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 29.81.320.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To facilitate and clarify the procedures related to the production of the voters pamphlet. The goal is to provide administrative governance and guidelines to use in publishing the pamphlet.
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 Shawn Merchant, P.O. Box 40229, phone (360) 902-4154, fax (360) 586-5629.
April 13, 2000
Donald F. Whiting
Assistant Secretary of State