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EDELMAN v. STATE EX REL. PDC

No. 74152-2.

99 P.3d 386 (2004)

152 Wash.2d 548

Robert EDELMAN, Respondent, v. STATE of Washington ex rel. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Decided October 21, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Joan Krier, Office of Attorney General, Olympia, for Petitioner.

Kevin Blair Hansen, John James White, Livengood Carter Tjossem et al., Kirkland, for Respondent.

JOHNSON, J.

We granted review to determine whether the Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) exceeded its authority in promulgating WAC 390 16-311 to interpret a perceived ambiguity in RCW 42.17.660. Reversing the trial court, the Court of Appeals held that the PDC exceeded its authority in making a rule that alters an unambiguous statute. We affirm.

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