Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1962 NO. 177 >
INCOMPATIBLE OFFICES ‑- STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.  The offices of state representative and public utility district commissioner are not incompatible.                  
AGO 1962 NO. 178 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- ANNEXATION ‑- REVIEW BOARD ‑- POWER TO EXCLUDE OR DELETE PROPERTY FROM PROPOSED ANNEXATION. A review board, convened under the provisions of RCW 35.13.171, has the authority to delete property from a proposed annexation to a city but only where said property proposed to be
AGO 1962 NO. 179 >
CORPORATIONS ‑- OFFICERS ‑- PRESIDENT CONCURRENTLY HOLDING OFFICE OF TREASURER. The president of a domestic corporation, incorporated pursuant to the provisions of Title 23 RCW may not concurrently hold the office of treasurer of the same corporation.        
AGO 1962 NO. 180 >
VETERANS ‑- PREFERENCE IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT ‑- PERSONS ENTITLED TO PREFERENCE AND CONDITION UNDER WHICH IT APPLIES ‑- CIVIL SERVICE ‑- PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE. (1) Veterans' preference in competitive examinations for and in the appointment and selection of public employment is limited to wartime
AGO 1962 NO. 181 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- BOARD OF PILOTAGE COMMISSION ‑- LICENSING OF PILOTS PILOTING VESSELS ON PUGET SOUND ‑- CITIZENSHIP ‑- AGREEMENT WITH CANADIAN AUTHORITIES ‑- PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING PILOTAGE LAWS. 1. Under chapter 88.16 RCW pilots of Canadian citizenship (who may not be licensed as
AGO 1962 NO. 182 >
COUNTIES ‑- COMMISSIONERS ‑- AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP WATERFRONT STREET ENDS INTO BOAT LAUNCHING RAMPS ‑- COUNTY ROAD FUNDS. The board of county commissioners of King county has the authority to develop waterfront street ends into boat launching ramps and to use county road funds, including motor
AGO 1962 NO. 183 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- HIGHWAY COMMISSION ‑- ACQUISITION OF FERRIES BY LEASE‑PURCHASE. The state of Washington acting through the state highway commission has the general authority under existing state law to acquire new ferries by a lease‑purchase contract so long as the contract does
AGO 1962 NO. 184 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- THIRD CLASS ‑- ORDINANCES ‑- VIOLATIONS ‑- PROSECUTION BY CITY ATTORNEY. The chief of police of third class cities may not represent the city as its attorney in the prosecution of ordinance violations before a police judge but must act through the city attorney in actual
AGO 1962 NO. 185 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH CLASS CITIES ‑- GARBAGE ‑- NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE ‑- AUTHORITY TO ISSUE LICENSE ‑- DURATION ‑- SERVICE RATE.  (1) Cities of the second, third and fourth class may issue a license which grants to the recipient the nonexclusive right to collect
AGO 1962 NO. 186 >
STATE FIREWORKS LAW ‑- LICENSE ‑- TRANSPORTATION ‑- SHIPMENT OF FIREWORKS BY OUT-OF-STATE FIREWORKS MANUFACTURER. An out-of-state fireworks manufacturer who desires to ship his product into this state must obtain a Washington manufacturer's license unless his product is exclusively dangerous