PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Fee adjustment for WAC 308-13-150 Landscape architects.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.96.060 Board -- Rules -- Quorum. (Pursuant to RCW 43.134.055, 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; and review of all rules pursuant to the Governor's Executive Order 97-02.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Margaret Epting, Department of Licensing, Business and Professions Division, Landscape Architect Registration Board, P.O. Box 9045, Olympia, WA 98507-9045, phone (360) 664-1386, fax (360) 664-2551.
November 29, 2001
Margaret A. Epting
Administrator