PROPOSED RULES
(Elections Division)
Continuance of WSR 04-08-052 [Original Notice].
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 04-08-052.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Election administration certification requirements.
Hearing Location(s): 520 S.E. Union Avenue, Olympia, WA, on January 25, 2004 [2005], at 2:00 p.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: February 23, 2004 [2005].
Submit Written Comments to: Sheryl Moss, P.O. Box 40232, Olympia, WA 98504, e-mail shmoss@secstate.wa.gov, fax (360) 664-6419, by January 24, 2004 [2005].
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Sheryl Moss by January 24, 2004 [2005], (360) 902-4146.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Provide for additional avenues for maintaining election administrator certification.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Supported and passed by the Election Administration and Certification Board.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 29A.04.630.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Election Administration and Certification Board, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Sheryl Moss, 520 S.E. Union Avenue, Olympia, WA, (360) 902-4146.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Not required under RCW 19.85.02 [19.85.020] as these rules are being adopted under RCW 34.05.310.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. No identified costs associated.
December 21, 2004
Steve Excell
Assistant Secretary of State
(1) Continuous service as an election administrator during the year for which maintenance is required;
(2) Participation in an annual minimum of eighteen hours of continuing education, at least six hours of which shall be on election-specific training. This training may be received at any election oriented workshop or conference sponsored by any of the organizations listed in WAC 434-260-220. In addition to receiving credit for participation in election workshops or conferences, election administrators may also receive a maximum of two hours for visiting other county election departments for training purposes and for any other training approved by the elections administration and certification board. A maximum of six hours, of the eighteen required, may be derived from a surplus of hours earned in the previous year.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 29.60.020. 01-11-111, § 434-260-300, filed 5/21/01, effective 6/21/01; 99-12-004, § 434-260-300, filed 5/19/99, effective 6/19/99. 98-08-010, recodified as § 434-260-300, filed 3/18/98, effective 3/18/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 29.60.020. 94-07-018, § 434-60-300, filed 3/8/94, effective 4/8/94.]
Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.