WSR 16-13-043

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed June 8, 2016, 10:39 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 308-13-055 Do I need a stamp or seal?, board of licensure for landscape architects.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.96.140.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The proposed rule change will replace the current required stamp design with a new design that has been presented by the industry and approved by the board.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Direct notice will be made to stakeholders and all active licensees under chapter 18.96 RCW. Details will be posted on our web site and distributed through the landscape architect board listserv.

To receive information by e-mail, please sign up on the landscape architects board listserv at http://listserv.wa.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A0=LANDSCAPE-ARCHITECTS.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Julie J. Hamilton, Board of Licensure for Landscape Architects, Department of Licensing, P.O. Box 9012, Olympia, WA 98507-9012, phone (360) 664-1507, fax (360) 570-7098, e-mail landscape@dol.wa.gov. Interested parties may send comments by mail, phone, fax or e-mail. Additional information will be posted on the landscape architects board web site as it becomes available at http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/landscapearchitects/.

June 8, 2016

Damon G. Monroe

Rules Coordinator