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<p>An agency has the power conferred on it by the legislature, either expressly or by necessary implication. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Wash. Ind. Telephone Ass'n. v. Utilities and Transportation Comm'n</span>, 148 Wn.2d 887 (2003). An agency may fill in the gaps, if rules are necessary to effect the statute. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Wash. Pub. Ports Ass'n. v. DOR</span>, 148 Wn.2d 637 (2003). Filing a lien when there are other means to secure payment would arguably be a stretch.<br /></p>
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My understanding is that a regulation has to be properly authorized by a statute or it is invalid. I am more used to this principle in the arena of IRS treasury regulations possibly being invalid as being beyond the scope of the internal revenue code.
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