Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1952 NO. 382 >
STATUS OF PERSONNEL IN THE DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES The supervisor and certificated teachers and employees are entitled to permanent status in the division of children and youth services and the superintendents of the School for the Blind and the School for the Deaf need not
AGO 1952 NO. 383 >
RIGHT OF P.U.D. TO USE THE BEDS OF STREAMS WITHOUT COMPENSATION A public utility district does not acquire any right to use, without compensation, state owned beds and shores of lakes, rivers and watercourses.               
AGO 1952 NO. 384 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- TEACHERS ‑- CONTRACTS OF ‑- NOTICE OF REFUSAL TO RENEW ‑- SUFFICIENCY OF REASON STATED ‑- RIGHT OF APPEAL OF TEACHER Notice of refusal to renew a teacher's contract given pursuant to RCW 28.67.070 must state the reason for non-renewal [[nonrenewal]].  Renewal of the
AGO 1952 NO. 385 >
MOTOR VEHICLE FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED FOR PRIVATELY OWNED FERRIES --  COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ‑- AUTHORITY TO EXPEND MOTOR VEHICLE FUNDS --  FERRIES ‑- PRIVATELY OWNED NOT ENTITLED TO MOTOR VEHICLE FUNDS Motor Vehicle funds may not be used by the county for the purpose of erecting or
AGO 1952 NO. 386 >
CIVIL DEFENSE ‑- GROUND OBSERVER CORPS ‑- EXPENDITURE OF STATE FUNDS FOR OPERATION OF ‑- WHERE UNDER SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF UNITED STATES AIR FORCE The Ground Observer Corps being under the direction and control of the United States Air Force, the use of state civil defense funds for the
AGO 1952 NO. 387 >
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC LAWS OR ORDINANCES ‑- TRAFFIC CITATIONS ‑- DISPOSAL BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OR POLICE JUDGE A justice of the peace or police judge does not have authority to dismiss or dispose of a traffic citation issued by a traffic officer to an alleged violator of the motor vehicle laws
AGO 1952 NO. 388 >
PORT DISTRICTS ‑- COMMISSIONERS ‑- TERMS OF OFFICE ‑- WHEN CHANGE OF CLASSIFICATION FROM FIRST CLASS COUNTY TO CLASS A COUNTY Terms of office for port commissioners must be six years‑-problem is one recommended for legislative action.            
AGO 1952 NO. 389 >
SCHOOLS ‑- POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF TEACHERS, ETC. ‑- AS BASIS FOR ACTION TO RESTRAIN OR DISCHARGE There is no statutory or general provision of law under which court action may be taken to restrain the superintendents, principals and teachers of the public schools from engaging in political
AGO 1952 NO. 390 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- CONSOLIDATION ‑- TRANSFER OF TITLE TO SCHOOL PROPERTY Upon consolidation of one school district with another title to the school property of the old district vests automatically in the new district without the necessity of execution of a deed by the old district to the new.
AGO 1952 NO. 391 >
TITLE TO ORGANIZATIONAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASED WITH CIVIL DEFENSE MATCHING FUNDS Civil defense organizational equipment purchased with matching funds participated in by the federal, state and local governments should be held in the name of the state.