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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 480. Utilities and Transportation Commission |
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Chapter 480-07. Procedural rules. |
Section 480-07-720. Collaboratives.
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- (1) Defined; membership. A collaborative is a commission-sanctioned negotiation in which interested persons work with each other and representatives of commission staff to achieve consensus on one or more issues, within the commission's jurisdiction, assigned to or identified by the collaborative participants. Any person whose interests may be substantially affected by the result of the collaborative must be given an opportunity to participate. Collaborative participants must inform the commission and seek approval if a collaborative seeks to change its membership or redefine the issues it will address.(2) Procedure. Participants must develop procedural guidelines for their negotiations when beginning a collaborative and should refer to any commission policy statement(s) that relate to ADR for guidance.(3) Communication with commission. Communication between the commission and collaborative participants may be through commission staff assigned to serve as a neutral third party in the collaborative, or through the commission secretary, subject to agreement among the participants to the form and substance of any such communication.