PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: March 25, 1999.
Purpose: To repeal the following rules: (1) WAC 458-50-010 because it does not provide any important information regarding the valuation and apportionment of the operating property of public utilities, which is the subject of chapter 458-50 WAC; and (2) WAC 458-50-050 because the information is less complete and accurate than the information provided in RCW 84.12.240, the statute that this rule implements.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 458-50-010 Assessment of public utilities--Purpose--Definitions and 458-50-050 Access to books, records, and property.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 84.12.240.
Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 99-04-031 on January 26, 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
March 25, 1999
Russell W. Brubaker
Assistant Director
Legislation and Policy Division