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F— Audit Resufts Of those that did report, few included all required information We examined 18 published government reports on permit processing time, and found 10 - including two audited governments, Shoreline and Vancouver - included at least some of the elements required by law. Three of these reports included only one permit type (such as including only land use permits but not building or civil permits), even though they included most or all required statistics. Reports published by four more governments contained most required elements; however, only one of them included the number of applications where deadline extensions were used. Finally, Exhibit 11 - Most permit performance reports four surveyed governments said they published lacked some or all required information performance reports, but what they provided did not meet any of the requirements in state law. Reported most -"� required data Reported at a One of these governments provided a link to its required data report, but we were unable to find the report from ��- the government's main website. This indicated it was not publicly accessible, and we therefore classified it as not meeting the legal requirements. See Exhibit 11 for a breakdown of performance 1 n reporting results. V Reported some Overall, the three required elements least likely required data to be included were the number of permits with deadline extensions, the number of permits that met review deadlines and the number that did not. source: auditorana�ysis of government report data. Revisions to state law will change. Lre pp a. Ling requirements starting in 2025 Governments that are required to post permit performance reports will soon be required to adjust the content of their reports. These changes narrow the types of permits that must be included in the reports. Some formerly reported data will be eliminated, including the number of permits that did and did not meet review deadlines and the number of permits where deadline extensions were used. New required data will include the number of decisions issued for certain types of permits and the average number of days from submittal to final decision. The Department of Commerce will play a new role in coordinating the reports from local governments and publishing the information statewide. Commerce will be required to develop a report template for all reporting governments to use. This change offers the agency an opportunity to educate local governments about their reporting responsibilities. Doing so could help improve reporting by governments that were unaware of reporting requirements or that believed it did not apply to them. (See Appendix C for a summary of the changes made under the revised law.) Growth Management Act Audit Results 34