PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 308-56A WAC Certificates of title -- Motor vehicles, etc. and chapter 308-96A WAC, Vehicle licenses, to include but not limited to rules associated with prevention of selling vehicle registrations to Washington residents who do not possess a valid Washington driver license.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.16.010.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Rule making may be required to implement the requirements of EHB 1241 passed in the 59th legislature (2005 regular session) concerning the requirements to obtain a vehicle registration or certificate of ownership. The accomplishment will be rules that reflect this change in law and denote exceptions to the law.
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 Dale R. Brown, Management Analyst, Policy and Projects Office, Mailstop 48001, P.O. Box 2956, Olympia, WA 98507-2957, or by phone (360) 902-4020, fax (360) 902-3827, TTY (360) 664-8885, e-mail DBROWN@dol.wa.gov.
May 3, 2005
Robert Smith
for Steve Boruchowitz, Manager
Policy and Projects Office