PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: June 22, 1999.
Purpose: Amend to change the emphasis of the rule and to recognize that there are other forms of businesses besides corporations that offer engineering and land surveying services. The current emphasis is on having licensed employees to seal and sign documents. The rule was changed to emphasize that when a business, organization of public agency offers or performs engineering services, it must be done in accordance with chapter 18.43 RCW and the applicable rules. The amended rule, WAC 196-24-098, was repealed from chapter 196-24 WAC and moved to the new chapter 196-23 WAC. The rules' new section number is WAC 196-23-050.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 196-24-098.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.43.035.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-10-087 on May 4, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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.
July 15, 1999
George A. Twiss
Executive Director
OTS-3080.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 196-23-050
Practice by businesses, organizations or public agencies.
When a business, organization or public agency offers or performs engineering or land surveying services as defined in RCW 18.43.020, the business, organization or public agency shall perform its duties and responsibilities in accordance with chapter 18.43 RCW and applicable rules.
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OTS-3124.1
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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