PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 260-28 WAC, Owners, trainers and employees and chapter 260-70 WAC, Controlled medication program. Both chapters 260-28 and 260-70 WAC include rules addressing the trainer's responsibilities. The goal of the Washington horse racing commission is to move all rules related to the trainer's responsibilities from chapter 260-70 WAC to chapter 260-28 WAC.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 67.16.020.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: This effort will move all similar rules related to the responsibility of the trainer to one chapter as part of the agency's regulatory reform effort and adopt or organize agency rules in a clear and concise manner so that they are easily understood by the horsemen to whom they apply.
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; and agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Robert J. Lopez, Administrative Services Manager, Washington Horse Racing Commission, 6326 Martin Way, Suite 209, Olympia, WA 98516-5578, phone (360) 459-6462, fax (360) 459-6461, rlopez@whrc.state.wa.us.
March 10, 2006
R. M. Leichner
Executive Secretary