Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1953 NO. 123 >

Duties may be delegated to alternates, and the alternates have the same status as the department heads they represent.

AGO 1955 NO. 132 >

1. Compensation of members of Public Service and Tax Commissions and Boards of Prison Terms and Paroles and Industrial Insurance Appeals cannot be increased during terms.2. Chairmen of the above departments cannot receive additional compensation during term for duties incident to chairmanships.

AGO 1953 NO. 134 >

The county director of health may not legally transfer funds from one general class of his budget to another.

AGO 1953 NO. 136 >

Where employees of a political subdivision have, by agreement, placed themselves under OASI, they may not become members in State Employees' Retirement System.

AGO 1953 NO. 143 >

Persons holding elective offices who are seventy years of age or over are not eligible to be accepted into membership in state employees retirement system.

AGO 1962 NO. 179 >

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 1954 NO. 199 >

City council of a town of the fourth class may, by ordinance, declare an emergency and increase the salary of any appointive officer of such city or town, effective immediately upon the passage of such ordinance.

AGO 1954 NO. 246 >

The Chief of the Washington State Patrol does not have authority to appoint special state patrol officers, with or without limited or restricted duties, to serve without compensation, benefit of retirement and tenure of office.

AGO 1950 NO. 313 >

The obligation of a bank officer as joint mortgagor for accommodation of third party is included in the total amount of obligations of officer which statute permits bank to acquire.

AGO 1954 NO. 348 >

Statutory qualifications for irrigation director are continuing during incumbency and disqualification of director subjects such office to declaration of vacancy by proper authorities unless disqualification be removed prior to such declaration.