Washington Administrative Code › Title 326 - Minority and Women's Business Enterprises, Office of › Chapter 326-20 - Certification › Section 326-20-110 - Application process

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The office
			 will develop and make available an application form for certification under
			 chapter
			 39.19 RCW, and WAC
			 326-20-010. The application form
			 may be modified at any time. The form will solicit enough information to
			 determine whether the applicant is eligible for certification for state-funded
			 projects and may include supplemental questions necessary to determine whether
			 the applicant is eligible for certification for a specific federally funded
			 project. As part of its investigation, the office may require minority, women,
			 and socially and economically disadvantaged owners to provide information in
			 addition to that requested on the application forms.
(2) Where additional information is required
			 from the applicant business to complete the investigation, the office may
			 request the information in writing and may impose a time limit of not more than
			 twenty days in which the applicant must respond. The letter shall include
			 notice to the applicant that, if the applicant fails to provide the information
			 within the time requested, the file will be closed administratively. If all the
			 requested information is not received by the office within the twenty days, the
			 office may administratively close the file. The applicant will be notified in
			 writing that the file has been administratively closed.
(3) Upon timely receipt of a written request
			 for extension of the time to respond to the request for additional information,
			 an extension of time to respond may be granted by the director. A showing of
			 extenuating circumstances may be required, and granting of such request for
			 extension is in the sole discretion of the director.
(4) Administrative closure means that the
			 file is placed in inactive status, and further processing of the application is
			 suspended. An applicant may petition the office for reopening or reactivation
			 of the application file, by written request to the director. Requests to reopen
			 will be granted in the sole discretion of the director. The applicant will be
			 notified in writing of the director's decision to grant or deny the request to
			 reactivate the file. If the request is denied, the applicant may submit a new
			 application: Provided, That an applicant may not file more than one additional
			 application within a year from the date of the closure. If the file is
			 administratively reopened and processing resumed, the application will be
			 processed as if it had been received on the date the request to reopen the file
			 is granted by the director.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  39.19.030 and
				  39.19.120. 04-08-093, §
										326-20-110, filed 4/6/04,
				  effective 5/7/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   39.19.030(7). 92-11-007,
				  §
										326-20-110, filed 5/11/92,
				  effective 6/11/92. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  39.19 RCW. 86-17-018
				  (Order 86-2), §
										326-20-110, filed 8/11/86.
				  Statutory Authority: 1983 c 120 §3(7). 83-22-045 (Order 83-3), §
										326-20-110, filed
				  10/28/83.