Washington Federation of State Employees v. Department of General Administration

¶1 The Department of General Administration (GA) appeals the trial court’s invalidation of three Washington administrative rules the GA promulgated under the authority granted to it by RCW 41.06.1421 to ensure fair bidding procedures by state agencies seeking *373private contracts for services traditionally done by state civil service employees. The trial court invalidated all three rules because it concluded that the rules exceeded the GA’s rule-making authority. We affirm the trial court’s rulings invalidating WAC 236-51-006 and WAC 236-51-010(11) as exceeding the GA’s statutory rule-making…