WAC 44-14-00003   Model rules and comments are nonbinding.  The model rules, and the comments accompanying them, are advisory only and do not bind any agency. Accordingly, many of the comments to the model rules use the word "should" or "may" to describe what an agency or requestor is encouraged to do. The use of the words "should" or "may" are permissive, not mandatory, and are not intended to create any legal duty.

     While the model rules and comments are nonbinding, they should be carefully considered by requestors and agencies. The model rules and comments were adopted after extensive statewide hearings and voluminous comments from a wide variety of interested parties.



[Statutory Authority: 2005 c 483 § 4, RCW 42.17.348. 06-04-079, § 44-14-00003, filed 1/31/06, effective 3/3/06.]