PROPOSED RULES
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 01-11-027.
Title of Rule: WAC 415-06-100 How do I contact the department?
Purpose: Provides the Department of Retirement Systems' address, phone numbers, e-mail address, TDD number, and web site address.
Other Identifying Information: Current title: Request for records by mail -- Address.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.50.050(5).
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 41.50.055(5), 34.05.220 (1)(b), 42.17.250.
Summary: The amendment translates the rule into "plain English" and updates the department's address. The rule also adds phone numbers, e-mail address, and other ways to contact the department.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: The address in the current rule is out of date and the rule is unnecessarily complicated and cumbersome.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Merry A. Kogut, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, (360) 664-7291.
Name of Proponent: Department of Retirement Systems, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: The amendment translates the rule into "plain English" and updates the department's address.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: [No information supplied by agency.]
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. These amendments have no effect on businesses.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. The Department of Retirement Systems is not one of the named departments in RCW 34.05.328.
Hearing Location: Department of Retirement Systems, 6835 Capitol Boulevard, Conference Room 115, Tumwater, WA, on August 22, 2001, at 1:30 p.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact the rules coordinator by seven days before the hearing, if possible, phone (360) 664-7291, TTY (360) 586-5450, e-mail merryk@drs.wa.gov.
Submit Written Comments to: Identify WAC Numbers, Merry A. Kogut, Rules Coordinator, Department of Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, e-mail Merryk@drs.wa.gov, fax (360) 753-3166, by 5:00 p.m. on August 22, 2001.
Date of Intended Adoption: No sooner than the day after the hearing.
July 12, 2001
Merry A. Kogut
Rules Coordinator
OTS-4888.3
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 4, filed 7/27/77)
WAC 415-06-100
((Request for records by mail -- Address.))
How do I contact the department?
((All communications with the
director including but not limited to the submission of materials
pertaining to its operations and/or the administration or
enforcement of chapter 1, Laws of 1973 and these rules; requests
for copies of the director's or board's decisions and other
matters, shall be addressed as follows: Director of Retirement
Systems, Department of Retirement Systems, 1025 East Union,
Olympia, Washington 98504.)) (1) Mailing address: Department of
Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380.
(2) Street address: 6835 Capitol Blvd., Tumwater, WA 98501.
(3) Phone numbers: (360) 664-700 or toll-free (outside Olympia area) 1 (800) 547-6657, or TDD (for the hearing impaired) (360) 586-5450.
(4) E-mail address: recep@drs.wa.gov.
(5) Website: http://www.wa.gov/drs.
[Order 4, § 415-06-100, filed 7/27/77.]