Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1955 NO. 130 >

County Commissioners may properly make emergency appropriation to pay employer's OASI contributions for period between adoption of coverage and earlier effective date thereof.

AGO 1962 NO. 130 >

A franchise application by a utility company for permission from a board of county commissioners to utilize certain county roads adequately describes those roads by referring to the section, township, and range in which the roads are located.

AGO 1962 NO. 132 >

The "unbudgeted cash balance" which counties under RCW 36.40.090 are authorized to retain in their current expense funds must at all times remain in the form of cash or that which is redeemable in cash upon demand as a matter of fixed right.

AGO 1964 NO. 133 >

A county may reserve county road easements over tax title property which it proposes to sell provided that the right to the easement is first acquired under the county's power of eminent domain or by purchase pursuant to RCW 84.64.320.

AGO 1953 NO. 134 >

The county director of health may not legally transfer funds from one general class of his budget to another.

AGO 1953 NO. 139 >

The bridge across the Columbia River between Kennewick and Pasco lies outside the corporate limits of both cities and can therefore be abandoned by the state under chapter 57, Laws of 1953, and the responsibility for the care and maintenance of the bridge falls upon the counties of Benton and Franklin even though neither county has a road connecting to the bridge.

AGO 1953 NO. 140 >

No power has been granted which permits a county to contract with a safety council to supply the council's services to said county.

AGO 1958 NO. 148 >

A county has no authority to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest of a person against whom no criminal charge has been filed. It is against public policy for sheriffs, their deputies, or other peace officers to claim a reward offered by a county for apprehending persons wanted for, or charged with, a crime.

AGO 1958 NO. 149 >

The City of Tacoma would not be governed by the county zoning regulations in the establishing of an airport outside its corporate limits.

AGO 1960 NO. 149 >

The redemption of general obligation bonds issued by Whatcom county for construction of a bridge may not be accelerated by establishing tolls on the bridge during the peak traffic months.