WSR 14-21-025 EXPEDITED RULES OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS [Filed October 3, 2014, 11:44 a.m.]
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 10-04-020 Function—Organization—Offices.
NOTICE
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Jane L. Habegger, Office of Administrative Hearings, P.O. Box 42489, Olympia, WA 98504-2489, AND RECEIVED BY December 23, 2014.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: (1) We are closing our Vancouver office November 28, 2014.
(2) We have changed the title of assistant deputy chief administrative law judge to assistant chief administrative law judge.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: We want to properly inform the public of the closure of our Vancouver office by striking the reference to it in WAC 10-04-020. We also want to properly inform the public of the change in titles for assistant chief administrative law judges.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 34.12.030(6).
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 34.12.010 and 34.12.030.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Office of administrative hearings, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Jane L. Habegger, 2420 Bristol Court S.W., Olympia, WA 98504, (360) 407-2756; Implementation and Enforcement: Lorraine Lee, 2420 Bristol Court S.W., Olympia, WA 98504, (360) 407-2710.
October 1, 2014
Lorraine Lee
Chief Administrative Law Judge
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 13-08-047, [filed 3/28/13,] effective 4/28/13)
WAC 10-04-020 Function—Organization—Offices.
The office of administrative hearings conducts impartial administrative hearings for state agencies and local governments pursuant to chapter 34.12 RCW. The office is under the direction of the chief administrative law judge.
Administrative law judges preside over hearings in adjudicative proceedings and issue initial or final orders, including findings of fact and conclusions of law.
The administrative office is located at 2420 Bristol Ct. SW, P.O. Box 42488, Olympia, Washington, 98504-2488. The office hours are 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday except legal holidays. Administrative law judges are assigned to field offices located in Olympia, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma[,] ((Vancouver)), and Yakima. Each office is headed by an assistant ((deputy)) chief administrative law judge.
All written communications by parties pertaining to a particular case shall be filed with the field office, if any, assigned to the case, and otherwise with the chief administrative law judge or designee at the administrative office.
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules, and deems ineffectual changes not filed by the agency in this manner. The bracketed material in the above section does not appear to conform to the statutory requirement. Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office. Reviser's note: The brackets and enclosed material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040. Reviser's note: The unnecessary underscoring in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040. Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040. |