PERMANENT RULES
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Date of Adoption: August 24, 1999.
Purpose: To clarify and revise the process for approval of insignia on state owned vehicles under ten thousand pounds gross weight.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 236-20-020, 236-20-030, and 236-20-240.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.08.065.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-13-167 on June 22, 1999.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Item J. on second page.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 3, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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.
August 18, 1999
John A. Lungo
Acting Fleet Manager
Agencies--As used in this chapter, the word "agencies" includes state departments, offices, agencies, boards, commissions or institutions financed in whole or in part by funds appropriated by the legislature.
[Order 75-8, § 236-20-020, filed 11/17/75.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 75-8, filed 11/17/75)
WAC 236-20-030
Approval of distinctive insignia.
Agencies
may request approval of a distinctive insignia in lieu of the
state seal in marking vehicles. A standard decal must include
the words "State of Washington", agency's name and "for official
use only". The request for approval shall be sent to the
((department of general administration)) the director of general
administration. ((and shall include the number of vehicles to be
marked and a description of the heraldry aspects of the
insignia.)) A scale drawing in color, or other example, shall
accompany the request. The ((department of general
administration)) director or designee will ((review)) approve or
deny the request((, and, if it deems the insignia to be
appropriate and the request meritorious it will submit the
insignia to the next meeting of the automotive policy board for
its consent.)) and notify the agency.
[Order 75-8, § 236-20-030, filed 11/17/75.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 75-8, filed 11/17/75)
WAC 236-20-040
Exceptions to marking requirements.
(1)
Requests for exceptions ((to vehicle marking requirements for
vehicles used for law enforcement, confidential public health
work, and public assistance fraud or support investigative
purposes shall)) shall be forwarded to the director of general
administration by the head of the agency owning or controlling
the vehicle. ((Vehicles will be identified by make, model, year
and state license number. The justification will include type of
activity in which the vehicle will be used, percentage of time
used in this activity, general areas where the activity will take
place, and location where the vehicle will be garaged when not
being used for official business.)) Requests for exceptions
normally will not be granted unless the vehicle is used more than
50% of the time for law enforcement, confidential public health
work, public assistance fraud or support investigative purposes.
(2) Vehicles leased or rented on a casual basis for a period less than ninety days and not issued a state exempt license plate need not be marked.
(3) Vehicles issued confidential license plates under the provisions of section 2, chapter 169, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. and chapter 46.08 RCW, are exempt from marking requirements.
((4) (The above exceptions are the only exceptions to the
marking requirements which will be granted.))
[Order 75-8, § 236-20-040, filed 11/17/75.]
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.