WSR 16-04-094 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE SERVICES [Filed February 1, 2016, 11:32 a.m., effective March 3, 2016] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule-making order repeals chapter 200-370 WAC.
Under HB 2452 (2012), commonly known as procurement reform, RCW 43.19.185 was repealed. The former RCW 43.19.185 mandated rules relating to the use and control of credit cards by state agencies and departments.
While credit card policies and standards are still required for purchases under chapter 39.26 RCW, credit card rules are not. Rules under the former RCW 43.19.195 [43.19.185] were first adopted in 1986. At that point in time, government use of credit/debit/purchasing cards was emerging into mainstream payment methodologies. Since then, the credit/debit/purchasing card landscape has matured and is accepted as a standard payment practice. Fully developed and operational credit card systems, controls and policies are in place across state agencies and followed by state agencies. Further, the former department of general administration and the office of financial management worked together and put in place fully developed policies and procedures under chapter 45 of the State Administrative and Accounting Manual.
Based on the preceding, rules are no longer relevant and in some cases the current rules create inefficiencies. Because of this, the department of enterprise services is repealing the rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing chapter 200-370 WAC.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-15-066 on July 10, 2015.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 4.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 4.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: February 1, 2016.
Jack Zeigler
Policy and Rules Manager
REPEALER
The following chapter of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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