WSR 18-03-107 PERMANENT RULES BOARD FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND RESERVE OFFICERS [Filed January 18, 2018, 1:21 p.m., effective February 18, 2018] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Changes to WAC 491-20-050 implement the state legislature's new Public Records Act requirement and provide the necessary findings so that the board for volunteer firefighters and reserve officers may use the amended statutory default fee schedule. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 491-20-050. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.56.120 (as amended by chapter 304, Laws of 2017), RCW 42.56.100, 42.56.040 (1)(d). Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-18-068 on September 1, 2017. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Date Adopted: January 18, 2018. Hailey Blankenship Executive Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order II, filed 7/5/77)
WAC 491-20-050 ((Copying)) Public records—Adoption of statutory fee schedule.
((No fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records. The agency shall charge a fee equal to 2 the amount necessary to reimburse the agency for its actual costs incident to such copying.)) (1) Pursuant to RCW 42.56.120, as amended by section 3, chapter 304, Laws of 2017, the Washington board for volunteer firefighters and reserve officers declares for the following reasons that it would be unduly burdensome for it to calculate the actual cost it charges for providing copies of public records: Funds were not allocated to conduct a study and calculations; staff resources are insufficient to perform a study and to calculate such actual costs; and a study would interfere with and disrupt other essential agency functions.
(2) The Washington state board for volunteer firefighters and reserve officers may charge fees for producing copies of public records consistent with the fee schedule established in RCW 42.56.120, as amended by section 3, chapter 304, Laws of 2017.
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