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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1955 NO. 111 >
MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY ‑- PENSION PLAN ‑- LEGALITY OF EXPENDING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE INSURANCE PLAN A municipal housing authority lacks authority to expend public moneys for the purpose of making contributions to a private insurer for a pension plan.       
AGO 1955 NO. 112 >
ZONING ‑- COUNTIES ‑- PLANNING COMMISSIONS A city or county may not enact restrictive zoning ordinances or resolutions without appointing a planning commission and complying with statutory procedure.                  
AGO 1955 NO. 113 >
BOARD OF STATE LAND COMMISSIONERS ‑- JURISDICTION COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS ‑- JURISDICTION OIL AND GAS LEASES The board of state land commissioners has general supervision and control over leasing of state school lands for the extraction of oil, gas or other hydrocarbons and may as provided in
AGO 1955 NO. 114 >
PUBLIC SERVICE REVOLVING FUND ‑- REFUNDS ‑- GROSS WEIGHT AND LICENSE FEES In the absence of an express appropriation, the Public Service Commission should not refund to any common or contract carrier who desires to take advantage of the alternative method of licensing under Sec. 9, Ch. 79, Laws of
AGO 1955 NO. 115 >
PORT DISTRICTS ‑- EMPLOYEES ‑- STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM ‑- OASI COVERAGE PLAN Port district cannot submit plan for optional OASI coverage for employees covered by State Employees Retirement System.                
AGO 1955 NO. 116 >
STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM ‑- COUNTY EMPLOYEE MEMBERS ‑- OASI COVERAGE ‑- REFERENDUM AND GENERAL PROCEDURE County Commissioners may request referendum of county employees under state employees retirement system as to whether they desire OASI coverage.General procedure for obtaining such
AGO 1955 NO. 117 >
TAXATION ‑- EXCISE TAX ‑- HOUSE TRAILERS Under § 19, chapter 139, Laws of 1955, all house trailers as defined in the act are taxable for the last half of the calendar year of 1955, and the proviso in § 19 does not limit the section in its application.         
AGO 1955 NO. 118 >
MOTOR VEHICLE CODE ‑- VENUE IN JUSTICE COURT ‑- PRIOR CONVICTIONS IN CHARGES UNDER DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE STATUTE ‑- CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WITH SUPERIOR COURT IN VIOLATIONS UNDER ACT ‑- DUTY OF PROSECUTING OFFICIAL RELATIVE TO ACCUSED'S RECORD ‑- DRIVING WHILE LICENSE REVOKED OR SUSPENDED PRIOR
AGO 1955 NO. 119 >
TAXATION ‑- DISTRICTS ‑- FIRE PROTECTION ‑- PENSION FUND LEVY Mandatory one‑mill levy for fire district pension fund must be within millage limitations of RCW 52.16.130 and 52.16.140. Additional mill authorized by RCW 41.16.060 for that fund may exceed those limitations. Both such levies must be
AGO 1955 NO. 120 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- TAX LEVIES ‑- LIMITS OF BONDED INDEBTEDNESS Chapter 253, Laws of 1955, (The Ryder Plan) does not affect the limits of bonded indebtedness for school districts.