WAC 230-17-175   Review of initial orders to stay a summary suspension.  (1) Any party may petition the commissioners for review of an initial order to stay a summary suspension. The commissioners must receive the request for review in writing within twenty days of service of the order. If no party requests a hearing review within twenty days of service, the order becomes final for purposes of RCW 34.05.467.

     (2) If we receive a timely petition for review, the commissioners will consider the petition at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the commission.

     (a) The matters considered on review are limited to the record of the stay hearing; and

     (b) A commissioner who acted as presiding officer is not disqualified from considering the petition for review, unless a party demonstrates grounds for disqualification under the conditions set out in RCW 34.05.425; and

     (c) The commissioners' decision is effective immediately, unless otherwise stated, and is final as set out in RCW 34.05.467.

     (3) The outcome of the petition for review does not affect any future administrative hearing about their license or permit.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 07-21-156 (Order 615), § 230-17-175, filed 10/24/07, effective 1/1/08.]