Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1961 NO. 41 >
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ‑- BIDS ‑- FIVE PERCENT PREFERENTIAL FOR LOCAL BIDDERS A county, public utility district, fire protection district or other municipal corporation may not establish a policy by ordinance or resolution arbitrarily allowing a five percent preferential to local bidders.
AGO 1961 NO. 42 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION ‑- APPLICATION OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE LAW The supervisors of flood control, mineral resources, water resources, reclamation and the executive secretary of the Columbia Basin Commission and executive secretary of the soil conservation
AGO 1961 NO. 43 >
DISTRICTS ‑- FIRE PROTECTION ‑- AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE BUILDINGS AND REAL ESTATE WITHIN A FOURTH-CLASS MUNICIPALITY FOR FIRE STATION A fire protection district which completely surrounds a fourth-class municipality which has by chapter 237, Laws of 1959, been withdrawn from the fire protection
AGO 1961 NO. 44 >
CIVIL SERVICE ‑- STATE ‑- AUTHORITY OF PERSONNEL BOARDS TO REGULATE LEAVES AND VACATIONS (1) and (2) Under the new state civil service law the several personnel boards are authorized to make rules and regulations governing the allocation of bonus days to an employee with five years' service in any
AGO 1961 NO. 45 >
PENSIONS ‑- FIREMEN ‑- COVERAGE UNDER CHAPTER 255, LAWS OF 1961 (1) A fireman who has made contributions under prior act and desires to avail himself of the benefits of chapter 255, Laws of 1961, must manifest his election by filing a written notice with the board within sixty days from June 8,
AGO 1961 NO. 46 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ‑- AUTHORITY TO REGULATE CONCERNING SAFETY OF EQUIPMENT AND DRIVERS OF MOTOR FREIGHT CARRIERS AND AUTO TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES The Washington public service commission has the authority to adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating
AGO 1961 NO. 47 >
COLLEGES OF EDUCATION ‑- TOTAL FEES WHICH MAY BE CHARGED RESIDENT STUDENTS UNDER CHAPTER 13, LAWS OF 1961, EX. SESS (1) Under chapter 13, Laws of 1961, Ex. Sess., the legislature limited the total fees (tuition and other fees, except those specifically excluded) at the colleges of education for
AGO 1961 NO. 48 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- BOARD OF DIRECTORS ‑- AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD TRANSMISSION OF STUDENT'S TRANSCRIPT The board of directors of a school district is not legally authorized to withhold transmission of a student's transcript to another public school in the state of Washington because of the
AGO 1961 NO. 49 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- BOARDS OF DIRECTORS ‑- POWERS AND DUTIES ‑- AUTHORITY GRANTED BY 1961 COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACT None of the provisions of chapter 198, Laws of 1961, and chapter 20, Laws of 1961, Ex. Sess., authorizing "community colleges" applies to any school district presently operating an
AGO 1961 NO. 50 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- BONDS ‑- ISSUANCE BY CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT ‑- RETAINED BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF COMPONENT DISTRICTS Under the constitution and statutes of this state the retained bonded indebtedness of school districts which consolidate must be considered in computing the bonding capacity of