PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Fee adjustment for chapter 308-20 WAC, Cosmetologists, barbers, manicurists, and estheticians.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.16.030(2), 43.24.086. Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, during the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, the department may increase fees in excess of the fiscal growth factor if the increases are necessary to fully fund the costs of the licensing programs.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Review of current fees for the purpose of having sufficient level of revenue to defray the costs of administering the program.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Rosie McGrew, Cosmetology Program, Department of Licensing, P.O. Box 9026, Olympia, WA 98507-9026, phone (360) 586-4565, fax (360) 664-2550.
November 1, 2001
Rosie McGrew
Program Manager