Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1987 NO. 21 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- LEGISLATOR ‑- NOMINATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO VACANCY IN MULTI-COUNTY LEGISLATIVE POSITION  A member of a board of county commissioners (which county is within the joint legislative district) is not eligible to be nominated by a state central committee to
AGO 1987 NO. 22 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE OFFICES ‑- HIGHER EDUCATION ‑- STATUTORY PROHIBITION AGAINST SERVING AS MEMBER OF STATE BOARD AND DIRECTOR OF JOINT CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RCW 28B.50.050 prohibits a member of the State Board for Community College Education from also serving as the interim
AGO 1987 NO. 23 >
JUVENILE COURTS ‑- PROCEEDINGS ‑- SHELTER CARE ‑- DEPENDENCY ‑- ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT ‑- WHAT IS ENTAILED IN JUDICIAL DETERMINATION ‑- REMOVAL OF A CHILD  A court order approving alternative residential placement issued pursuant to RCW 13.32A.170 or 13.32A.180 necessarily
AGO 1987 NO. 24 >
STATE ‑- SEAT OF GOVERNMENT ‑- BOUNDARIES ‑- STATE AGENCIES ‑- LOCATION ‑- PRINCIPAL OFFICES ‑- BRANCH OFFICES ‑- TEMPORARY LOCATION  The seat of government is the city of Olympia as it existed in 1890.  All state executive offices must be located at the seat of government, i.e., in,
AGO 1987 NO. 25 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- STATE PATROL ‑- AUTHORITY OF STATE PATROL TO EXERCISE POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION ON EQUIPMENT  The Washington State Patrol can exercise powers and duties of the Commission on Equipment set forth in chapters 247 and 311, Laws of 1987.    
AGO 1987 NO. 26 >
STATE ‑- AGENCY ‑- ATTORNEY STAFFMEMBERS ‑- DUES ‑- AUTHORITY OF STATE AGENCY TO PAY CERTAIN MEMBERSHIP DUES  The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals may not pay membership dues in the Washington State Bar Association for the Board's attorney staffmembers where membership in the Association
AGO 1987 NO. 27 >
PROPERTY ‑- TAXATION ‑- SALE BY CITY ‑- ABILITY OF COUNTY TO AGREE TO RECEIVE LESS THAN DUE AND OWING  To facilitate a sale by a city under RCW 35.53.030 of property held in trust by the city, a county may not agree to receive less than the full amount of taxes, interest, and penalties owed to
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FIREARMS ‑- POLICE POWER ‑- JUVENILES ‑- REGULATION OR PROHIBITION OF HANDGUNS OR OTHER FIREARMS BY CITY AND COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ‑- PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF CONCEALED WEAPON PERMIT APPLICATIONS  RCW 9.41.040(1) does not prohibit a person, found in juvenile court to have committed an offense,