WSR 98-06-022

PERMANENT RULES

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE

[Insurance Commissioner Matter No. R 97-7--Filed February 23, 1998, 4:16 p.m.]

Date of Adoption: February 23, 1998.

Purpose: This existing rule will be repealed. This would eliminate a one-year waiting period for some prospective licensee applicants. Changed circumstances have eliminated many of the benefits of this rule and it is a burden on some potential applicants.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 284-17-135.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 48.02.060, 48.17.130.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 98-01-135 on December 19, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

February 23, 1998

Greg J. Scully

Chief Deputy Commissioner

REPEALER

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed: