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Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

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SALES ‑- CONTRACTS ‑- BANKS AND BANKING ‑- CREDIT CARDS ‑- COMPUTATION OF FINANCE CHARGES Chapter 63.14 RCW relating to retail installment sales, does not prohibit the use of the "previous balance" method of computing finance charges for sales governed by that act.      
AGLO NO. 92 >
TAXATION ‑- PROPERTY ‑- COUNTIES ‑- HEALTH ‑- RATE OF PROPERTY TAX FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WORK The increased rate of property taxation for public health work in each county which is provided for by RCW 70.12.010, as amended by § 1, chapter 291, Laws of 1975, 1st Ex. Sess., is applicable both to 1975
AGLO NO. 93 >
CRIMES ‑- PROBATION ‑- REVOCATION OF ORDER GRANTING PROBATION Where a person upon being convicted of a particular crime has been placed on probation with a suspended sentence under RCW 9.95.210, the order thus granting probation may be revoked or modified after the expiration of the period of
AGLO NO. 94 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- PROPERTY ‑- SALE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY ‑- DISRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS Under § 2, chapter 243, Laws of 1975, 1st Ex. Sess. (RCW 28A.58.0461) proceeds derived from the sale of school district real property may not be used to pay for the acquisition of other such property.
AGLO NO. 95 >
VESSELS ‑- PILOTS ‑- EMPLOYMENT OF PILOTS FOR VESSELS EN ROUTE TO OR FROM CANADIAN PORTS Vessels entering "Puget Sound and adjacent inland waters "en route to or from ports in British Columbia are required to employ a pilot licensed under the provisions of chapter 88.16 RCW, unless exempted by
AGLO NO. 96 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- LEGISLATORS ‑- CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE PAY RAISES The legislature may provide for salary increases for its own members but such increases may not become effective until the commencement of the next ensuing terms of office after the enactment of the
AGLO NO. 97 >
COUNTIES ‑- TAXATION ‑- APPLICABILITY OF STATE BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX TO COUNTY DATA PROCESSING SERVICES A county which provides data processing services to other municipal corporations (such as other counties and cities) and to title insurance companies on a regular and continuous basis is
AGLO NO. 98 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES ‑- CRIMES ‑- HABITUAL CRIMINALS ‑- MINIMUM TERM OF CONFINEMENT In the case of a person convicted of three counts of armed robbery and found to be an habitual criminal because of previous convictions also involving the use of a fire
AGLO NO. 99 >
DISTRICTS ‑- HOSPITAL ‑- INSURANCE ‑- LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS Under § 1, chapter 16, Laws of 1975 (RCW 36.16.138), the commissioners of a public hospital district established pursuant to chapter 70.44 RCW, may purchase liability insurance for themselves and