Docket No. TV-971477
  May 14, 1998
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  May 14, 1998

NOTICE OF RULE DRAFTING SESSION
(May 15, 1998, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)


RE: Household Goods Rulemaking
Docket No. TV-971477

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

Enclosed are the agenda and ground rules for the household goods rules drafting 
session.  The meeting will be held on May 15, 1998, in the Commission’s Hearing 
Room, Second Floor, Chandler Plaza Building, 1300 S. Evergreen Park Drive S.W., 
Olympia, Washington, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The drafting session will be 
held with representatives of certificated movers, non-certificated movers, 
consumers, and the Commission Staff.  The meeting will be facilitated by 
Marjorie Schaer, an experienced facilitator who is a review judge with the 
Commission.  

The Commission has determined that an additional drafting session will be 
needed to address the issues surrounding a definition of household goods. The 
issue of containerized or self-loading drop boxes has made this issue larger 
than can be accommodated in this session.  We welcome comments and will 
schedule this issue for drafting at a later date.

Participants in the drafting session are asked to review the topics listed on 
the agenda in section IV.  An annotated agenda will be prepared for the meeting 
that lists these topics by page and line number on the draft.  If you wish to 
discuss any additional topics, please identify them by page and line and either 
advise the Commission Staff in advance, or bring a list of sections and your 
suggested rule language to the rule drafting session.  We will identify these 
under item II. on the draft agenda, when creating our final agenda.  A summary 
of written comments received after the second discussion draft of the rule was 
distributed will also be provided at the rule drafting session.

The rules discussion draft is included for the representatives who will attend 
the drafting session.  It is also posted to the Commission’s web site on the 
Internet at www.wutc.wa.gov/hhg.  The existing laws (Statutes) and rules (WACs) 
can also be found on the Internet and at most public libraries, including the 
Commission’s headquarters library.  To research the transportation laws go to: 
leginfo.leg.wa.gov/pub/rcw/title_81.  To research the rules go to: 
www.mrsc.org/wac.htm and search in Chapter 480-12 WAC. 

If non-participants wish, you may call our conference bridge to listen to the 
drafting session via the Commission’s teleconference bridge line.  The port 
lines are limited to twelve callers, and will be reserved for the first twelve 
people requesting the service. The bridge line will only be activated if 
reservations are made in advance.  To make a reservation, please call Carolyn 
Caruso at (360)664-1244; she will provide you with the number to call.   

If you need additional information, feel free to contact Kim Dobyns at (360) 
664-1242. Send mail to the address given above.  Send E-mail messages to 
Kim@wutc.wa.gov. Thank you for your involvement in this important process.  

Sincerely,



PAUL CURL
Acting Secretary

Enclosures