Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1951 NO. 97 >

A headstone transportation charge for existing veterans' graves is not a valid county expenditure.

AGO 1960 NO. 102 >

Federal forest reserve funds may not be used to pay the salary of the county school superintendent, his stenographer's salary, or other normal expenses such as travel, car repair and capital outlay for office equipment.

AGO 1951 NO. 105 >

1. The expense of burial of an indigent person provided by the county commissioners can be made a charge against the two mill General Assistance fund.2. County welfare departments, as agents for the county commissioners, are responsible for authorizing and approving for payment claims for such funerals.3. In the event remains of an indigent person are claimed by relatives or friends, the responsibility for providing a funeral rests upon such relatives or friends, if there is money available to pay for such funeral.

AGLO 1973 NO. 109 >

It is not legally necessary for the legislature to make an appropriation from the state employees' insurance revolving fund in order to permit expenditures therefrom; where, however, an appropriation from this fund is made it constitutes a limitation upon the amount that may be expended during the period covered by the appropriation.

AGLO 1973 NO. 114 >

An organization dealing with its own funds does not become a "political committee" under RCW 42.17.020(22), merely by making contributions of those funds to or in support of a candidate for public office or ballot proposition; such an organization, however, will constitute a political committee if it receives contributions from others which, with the actual or constructive knowledge of the contributors, are set aside to be used for the support of such candidates or proposition.

AGO 1955 NO. 130 >

County Commissioners may properly make emergency appropriation to pay employer's OASI contributions for period between adoption of coverage and earlier effective date thereof.

AGO 1953 NO. 134 >

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

AGO 1951 NO. 140 >

Treasurer required to issue warrant call on general school district funds in same manner as warrant calls are made on general funds of counties, cities and towns.

AGO 1962 NO. 161 >

The board of county commissioners of a county in which part of a joint school district is located may not expend federal forest funds for improvement or addition to school buildings situated in another county, where the joint district belongs to such other county under RCW 28.57.250.

AGO 1956 NO. 190 >

State Trade Fair Fund is trust fund outside treasury available to Director of Agriculture without appropriation by legislature.