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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

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DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- EMPLOYEES ‑- RETIREMENT ‑- REIMBURSEMENT FOR UNUSED SICK LEAVE  In order to receive reimbursement for unused sick leave, pursuant to RCW 28A.58.097, at the time of separation from school district employment due to retirement, an employee must have separated from such
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES ‑- TAX DEFERRED ANNUITIES UNDER § 403(b) OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE The department of Social and Health Services is not authorized to provide and pay for tax deferred annuities for those employees of the department eligible for
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- JAIL COMMISSION ‑- JAILS ‑- STATE FUNDING OF LOCAL JAIL IMPROVEMENTS The State Jail Commission may not suspend or withhold funding from a city or county for new jail construction or remodeling on the basis that the Commission has ordered closure of the existing jail
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TAXATION ‑- SALES TAX ‑- USE TAX ‑- CERTIFICATION FOR INVESTMENT TAX DEFERRAL (1) The Economic Assistance Authority may not refuse to certify, for an investment tax deferral, an investment project which is otherwise qualified under RCW 43.31A.130 on the ground that the project will not have a
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PENSIONS ‑- RETIREMENT ‑- LEGISLATORS ‑- ELECTED OFFICIALS ‑- CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PENDING LEGISLATION REGARDING RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES OF STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS Unless deemed by the Court to be merely a legislative clarification of existing law and not a change in the law as it now exists, House
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- HIGHER EDUCATION PERSONNEL BOARD ‑- CIVIL SERVICE ‑- COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ‑- COMMUNITY COLLEGES ‑- COSTS OF TRANSCRIPT ON APPEAL (1) The requirement of WAC 251-12-285 that employers pay the initial costs of transcribing the record for appeal under RCW 28B.16.
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DISTRICTS ‑- PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICTS ‑- BONDS ‑- CONTRACTS ‑- ELECTIONS ‑- NECESSITY FOR VOTER APPROVAL (1) RCW 54.24.018 does not apply to PUD contractual obligations not involving issuance, by the district, of its own bonds. (2) If a PUD issues bonds in order to fund a prior contractual
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CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- DISTRICTS ‑- PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICTS ‑- TAXATION ‑- ELECTIONS ‑- EFFECT OF OPERATION OF SEPARATE ELECTRIC UTILITY BY MUNICIPALITY (1) The residents of the Town of McCleary who are registered voters therein remain entitled (under the facts of this opinion) to participate in the
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INSURANCE ‑- HEALTH ‑- OPTICIANS ‑- SERVICES OF DISPENSING OPTICIAN UNDER HEALTH CARE SERVICE CONTRACT A health care service contractor registered under chapter 48.44 RCW may offer to provide or to pay reimbursement for the services of a licensed dispensing optician.      
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PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ‑- VACATION ‑- COMPENSATION FOR UNUSED, ACCRUED, VACATION LEAVE Where an employee covered by chapter 51, Laws of 1982, 1st Ex. Sess., terminates his or her employment before July 1, 1982, payment for that employee's accrued annual leave need not actually also be made before that