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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO NO. 11 >
DISTRICTS ‑- PORT ‑- TAXATION ‑- BUDGET ‑- TIMING OF CERTAIN PORT DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX LEVIES  If a port district board of commissioners elects to conduct its annual budget hearing on the first Monday in December as permitted by RCW 53.35.045 instead of conducting that hearing as provided by
AGO NO. 12 >
PENSIONS ‑- RETIREMENT ‑- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' AND FIRE FIGHTERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ‑- MEMBERSHIP ON LOCAL DISABILITY BOARD  (1)  A municipal fire fighter or law enforcement officer who was first employed as such on or after October 1, 1977, and thus is classified as a Plan II member
AGO NO. 13 >
INSURANCE ‑- MOTOR VEHICLES ‑- WORKERS' COMPENSATION ‑- REDUCTION OF PAYMENTS UNDER "UNDERINSURED MOTORIST" COVERAGE OFFERED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 48.22 RCW (1) Except to the extent necessary to prevent a duplicative recovery, an insurer may not reduce the payments made to its insured under "
AGO NO. 14 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- DISCRIMINATION ‑- REMEDIES ‑- ESTABLISHMENT OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROGRAMS BY CITIES AND TOWNS  (1) Section 5, chapter 259, Laws of 1981, does not withdraw any of the preexisting authority of cities or towns to enact ordinances to eliminate discrimination or create city
AGO NO. 15 >
TAXATION ‑- PROPERTY ‑- MINERAL RIGHTS ‑- FOREST LAND ‑- OPEN SPACE, AGRICULTURAL AND FARM LAND  (1) One who owns mineral rights, separate and apart from ownership of the land itself, is not required to join the landowner in applying for classification or designation of the land as forest land
AGO NO. 16 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES ‑- SALARIES ‑- LIMITATION ON SALARY INCREASES UNDER 1981 LEGISLATION  Although a reduction (from 183 to 180) in the number of days in the current (1981-82) school year during which the certificated employees of a certain school district will be
AGO NO. 17 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- LEGISLATORS ‑- SALARIES ‑- CONSTITUTIONALITY OF RESCISSION OF PROSPECTIVE PAY RAISES  The legislature may not constitutionally cancel, or rescind, prospective salary increases for its own members which are payable during the remainder of their current terms of
AGO NO. 18 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION ‑- COMMUNITY COLLEGES ‑- RESPECTIVE POWERS OF COLLEGE BOARD AND LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES  (1) The State Board for Community College Education has the authority, under RCW 28B.50.090, to (a) specify the number of days
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- CONTRACTS ‑- ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES  State agencies which contract for architectural and engineering services pursuant to chapter 61, Laws of 1981 are not thereby exempt from filing such contracts with the Office of Financial Management under
AGO NO. 20 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- STUDENTS ‑- STATE FUNDING ‑- EARLY RELEASE OF GRADUATING SENIORS  (1) RCW 28A.58.754(5), as amended by § 1, chapter 250, Laws of 1979, 1st Ex. Sess., permits a school district to conduct its graduation exercises five days prior to the end of the normal 180-day school