EMERGENCY RULES
Date of Adoption: November 29, 2000.
Purpose: Extend the deadline for submitting applications for election administrator certification.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 434-260-310.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 29.60.020.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: This emergency regulation is needed to provide additional time for the submission of applications for initial certification and continuing certification of election administrators under WAC 434-260-310. The mandatory recounts for the United States Senate and Secretary of State races made it necessary to delay some of the anticipated training until after the December 1 deadline in the original WAC. The extra time will allow those affected to complete their requirements for certification this year rather than having to wait another year.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: Immediately.
November 29, 2000
Donald F. Whiting
Assistant Secretary of State
OTS-4559.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-12-004, filed 5/19/99,
effective 6/19/99)
WAC 434-260-310
Application for initial certification and
maintenance of certification.
The secretary of state shall, not
later than July 1 of each year, distribute certification
application forms to the county auditors. The county auditor in
each county shall, not later than December ((1)) 31 of each year,
submit an application for certification for each employee for
whom certification is requested.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 29.60.020. 99-12-004, § 434-260-310, filed 5/19/99, effective 6/19/99; 98-08-010, recodified as § 434-260-310, filed 3/18/98, effective 3/18/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 29.60.020. 94-07-018, § 434-60-310, filed 3/8/94, effective 4/8/94.]