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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1958 NO. 156 >
HEALTH ‑- BOARDING HOMES FOR THE AGED ‑- PLACES OF REFUGE ‑- REGULATION AND LICENSING. COUNTIES ‑- BOARDING HOMES FOR THE AGED ‑- PLACES OF REFUGE ‑- REGULATION AND LICENSING. CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- BOARDING HOMES FOR THE AGED ‑- PLACES OF REFUGE ‑- REGULATION AND LICENSING. Local authorities may not
AGO 1958 NO. 157 >
COUNTIES ‑- AUTHORITY TO LEASE PASSENGER VEHICLES AND PERMIT USE BY COUNTY EMPLOYEES. MOTOR VEHICLES ‑- AUTHORITY OF COUNTY TO LEASE AND DIVIDE COST OF RENTAL BETWEEN COUNTY AND EMPLOYEE. A county is not legally authorized to lease passenger vehicles which may be used both by county and by the
AGO 1958 NO. 158 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- AUTHORITY TO PERMIT FREE RIGHT TURNS AGAINST A RED LIGHT. HIGHWAYS ‑- AUTHORITY OF CITIES AND TOWNS TO PERMIT FREE RIGHT TURNS AGAINST A RED LIGHT. Cities and towns, by local ordinance, cannot permit free right turns against a signal device exhibiting a red light by use of a
AGO 1958 NO. 159 >
CITIES ‑- COUNTIES ‑- PUBLIC RESTROOM FACILITIES ‑- JOINT COUNTY-CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. A city may legally appropriate funds for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of public restroom facilities, and may maintain such facilities on premises leased by the city for that purpose.  A
AGO 1958 NO. 160 >
WASHINGTON AERONAUTICS COMMISSION ‑- AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE TRANSFER OF LANDING FIELD FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. The State Aeronautics Commission possesses the requisite powers and authority pursuant to § 555.4 (3) of the regulations of the Administrator of the Federal Airport Act, to accept the
AGO 1958 NO. 161 >
METROPOLITAN MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ‑- TAXATION ‑- ESTABLISHMENT OF BOUNDARIES. A metropolitan municipal corporation may not levy a tax in October 1958, or in October 1959, if the election to secure approval of the formation of the corporation and for the imposition of the tax levy is held on March
AGO 1958 NO. 162 >
MOTOR VEHICLES ‑- INCLUDED OFFENSES ‑- CONVICTION OF EITHER RECKLESS DRIVING OR NEGLIGENT OPERATION ON CHARGE OF DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE. Reckless driving and negligent operation are not included offenses in driving under the influence, and a person cannot be convicted of either under a charge of
AGO 1958 NO. 163 >
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ‑- AUTHORITY TO CONVEY RIGHT OF ACCESS TO STATE FOR LIMITED ACCESS FACILITIES. HIGHWAYS ‑- ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS OF ACCESS THROUGH PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY COUNTY THROUGH TAX FORECLOSURE. Counties may convey rights of access through property acquired through tax foreclosure to the
AGO 1958 NO. 164 >
JUVENILES ‑- CONFINEMENT AFTER REMAND BY THE JUVENILE COURT TO THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR TRIAL UNDER THE CRIMINAL CODE AND PRIOR TO TRIAL. COURTS ‑- AUTHORITY TO DETAIN JUVENILES UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IN A COUNTY OR CITY JAIL PENDING TRIAL ON A CRIMINAL CHARGE.CRIME ‑- CONFINEMENT OF JUVENILES AWAITING
AGO 1958 NO. 165 >
TOWNSHIPS ‑- POWERS ‑- CEMETERIES ‑- POWER TO ESTABLISH ENDOWMENT CARE FUND. TOWNSHIPS ‑- CEMETERIES ‑- POWER TO ESTABLISH ENDOWMENT CARE FUND. CEMETERIES ‑- ENDOWMENT CARE ‑- POWER OF TOWNSHIP TO ESTABLISH FUND. A township has no power to establish an endowment care fund for cemetery maintenance