§ 43.31.086. Business assistance center -- Additional duties
To assist state agencies in reducing regulatory costs to small business and to promote greater public participation in the rule-making process, the *business assistance center shall:
(1) Develop agency guidelines for the preparation of a small business economic impact statement and compliance with chapter 19.85 RCW;
(2) Review and provide comments to agencies on draft or final small business economic impact statements;
(3) Advise the joint administrative rules review committee on whether an agency reasonably assessed the costs of a proposed rule and reduced the costs for small business as required by chapter 19.85 RCW; and
(4) Organize and chair a state rules coordinating committee, consisting of agency rules coordinators and interested members of the public, to develop an education and training program that includes, among other components, a component that addresses voluntary compliance, for agency personnel responsible for rule development and implementation. The *business assistance center shall submit recommendations to the department of personnel for an administrative procedures training program that is based on the sharing of interagency resources.
[1994 c 249 § 15.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: The business assistance center and its powers and duties were terminated June 30, 1995. RCW 43.31.083, 43.31.085, 43.31.087, and 43.31.089 were repealed by 1993 c 280 § 81, effective June 30, 1996.
Severability -- Application -- 1994 c 249: See notes following RCW 34.05.310.
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