PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Increase security guard and security guard company application and renewal fees to defray costs of administering the security guard program.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 18.170 RCW.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Under the provisions of RCW 43.24.086, the cost of each professional licensing program shall be borne by the members of the professions. The director of the Department of Licensing is charged with setting fees at a level sufficient to defray the costs of administering the program. Projected revenue for the 2001-03 biennium from licensing fees is not sufficient to cover projected operating costs for the security guard program.
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 Haglund, Department of Licensing, P.O. Box 9649, Olympia, WA 98506-9649, phone (360) 664-6624, fax (360) 570-7888.
October 22, 2001
Mary Haglund
Program Manager