WSR 17-17-080

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed August 16, 2017, 1:29 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 446-10-090 and other related rules as appropriate.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: HB [EHB] 1595 law effective July 23, 2017, amending RCW 42.56.070(7) and 42.56.120.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To implement measures of HB [EHB] 1595 allowing for charges for electronic copies of records provided in response to public records requests submitted to the agency pursuant to chapter 42.56 RCW.

Rules will change the current status of no charges for electronic records and implement the authorized charges allowable under HB [EHB] 1595.

Affected stakeholders will include any Washington state patrol (WSP) public record requestors.

Process for Developing New Rule: WSP welcomes the public to take part in developing the rules. Anyone interested should contact the staff person identified below. At a later date, WSP will file a proposal with the office of the code reviser with a notice of proposed rule making. A copy of the proposal will be sent to anyone who requests a copy.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Gretchen Dolan, P.O. Box 42631, Olympia, WA 98504-2631, phone 360-596-4137, email Gretchen.Dolan@wsp.wa.gov.

August 15, 2017

John R. Batiste

Chief