Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1955 NO. 175 >

A sewer district is not empowered by the legislature, either expressly or by implication, to make payments from surplus revenues to construct an extension of the district's sewer system.

AGO 1955 NO. 180 >

A portion of a fire district may withdraw from the district and join an adjoining district, regardless of the consent of the commissioners of the district in which it is presently located, provided statutory procedure is complied with; a fire district may contract with another fire district to furnish fire protection to an area wholly within another district; and a fire district has the duty to furnish fire protection to the transportation operations of an airport operated by a port district within the fire district boundaries.

AGO 1953 NO. 188 >

The Governor may lawfully authorize a state engineer to present the results of state research and engineering study before the Federal Power Commission where important interests of the state are involved.

AGO 1954 NO. 305 >

A third class city may acquire a housing project under the Lanham Act and lease it to a non-municipal managing authority.

AGO 1954 NO. 372 >

Port districts do not have express or implied power to create fire districts.

AGO 1951 NO. 440 >

State Housing Authorities have power to acquire the properties of Federal projects, but may operate them only for nonprofit low rental purposes.Disposition of such property, once acquired by housing authorities, is controlled by Federal statute.  (Section 1586, Title 42, U.S.C.A.)