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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ‑- SHORELINES MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1971 ‑- TIMBER ‑- STATE LANDS   (1) In order to engage in the logging of timber within "shorelines of the state" as that term is used in chapter 90.58 RCW, the Shorelines Management Act of 1971, a
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- PUBLIC ‑- ATTORNEYS ‑- FINANCIAL REPORTING Under § 24 of Initiative No. 276, requiring periodic reports of the financial interests of candidates and elected officials (except President, Vice‑President and precinct committeemen), a candidate or elected official who is an
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CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- TAXATION ‑- BUSINESS LICENSES ‑- MUNICIPAL EXCISE TAXES ON GROSS RECEIPTS OF FUEL OIL SALES Because of the legislature's enactment of §§ 6 and 7, chapter 134, Laws of 1972, Ex. Sess., a city or town may only impose a license fee or excise tax upon the business of making retail
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DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- EMPLOYEES ‑- CONTRACTS A school district, as a condition of reemployment of its certificated teachers for a new school year, may require such teachers to sign and return their formal written employment contracts within a specified, reasonable period of time after the mailing
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DISTRICTS ‑‑ SCHOOL ‑‑ PUBLIC RECORDS ‑‑ SALARY ‑‑ ACCESS TO SCHOOL DISTRICT PAYROLL RECORDS (1) Under the provisions of Initiative No. 276, all records of a school district pertaining to the salaries of its employees and their payroll deductions must be made available for inspection and copying at
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INITIATIVE NO. 276 ‑- LIMITATIONS ON ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES (1) The provisions of § 14 (2) of Initiative No. 276 setting limits upon campaign expenditures in connection with ballot propositions apply to excess property tax levy campaigns in all school districts including those having less
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- MUNICIPAL ‑- IRRIGATION DISTRICTS ‑- REPORTS OF FINANCIAL INTEREST UNDER INITIATIVE NO. 276 (1) The members of the board of directors of an irrigation district are "elected officials" within the meaning of § 24 of Initiative No. 276, requiring annual reports of the
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ABORTIONS ‑- RESIDENCY ‑- CONSENT ‑- TIME PERIOD ‑- LICENSED PHYSICIAN ‑- APPROVED HOSPITAL ‑- IMPACT OF UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON ENFORCEABILITY OF WASHINGTON ABORTION LAWS Under recent United States Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of state abortion laws: (1) The
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LEGISLATURE ‑- ADJOURNMENT ‑- REFERENDUM ‑- EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACTS SUBJECT TO REFERENDUM Under Article II, § 41 (Amendment 26) of the Washington Constitution an act of the legislature which is subject to referendum does not take effect until ninety days after the final adjournment, sinedie, of the
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DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- EMPLOYEES ‑- CONTRACTS ‑- RETIREMENT ‑- INSURANCE (1) An agreement by a school district in reducing its force of certificated teachers for financial reasons to grant those teachers whose contracts are not to be renewed an unpaid leave of absence coupled with a right to