Other LanguagesIn response to your latest letter of October 7, 1970, regarding the occupancy of the Asotin county sheriff's office following the anticipated resignation of the incumbent on October 15, 1970, we refer you to the decision of the Washington Supreme Court in State ex rel. Sears v. Gilliam, 93 Wash. 248, 160 Pac. 757 (1916).
"(1) Can a Park and Recreation District formed under the provisions of RCW 36.39 in a third class county, upon appropriate approval by the voters of the district, levy an annual tax for the purpose of retiring a general obligation bond where such annual tax would result in taxation over the 40 mill limit?
(1) Does the interagency committee for outdoor recreation, in allocating moneys from the outdoor recreation account to public bodies for the acquisition and development of outdoor recreation land under their respective jurisdictions, have the authority to include moneys to be used for payment of relocation expenses incurred by persons displaced by the land acquisitions thus being funded?
We acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 8, 1970, regarding the funding of a pest control district organized under the provisions of chapter 152, Laws of 1919 (chapter 17.12 RCW).
We are in receipt of your letter requesting our opinion as to the proper interpretation to be given to the term "mentally ill person" as defined in RCW 71.02.010 relating to commitment proceedings.
This is written in response to your recent letter requesting an opinion of this office on a question pertaining to the applicability of RCW 58.17.200 (§ 20, chapter 271, Laws of 1969, Ex. Sess.) to the sale or transfer of certain lots, tracts, or parcels of land.
"No bill shall become a law unless on its final passage the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the members voting for and against the same be entered on the journal of each house, and a majority of the members elected to each house be recorded as voting in its favor."
This is written in response to your recent letter requesting our opinion on several questions pertaining to the ascertainment of disability benefits under the laws governing the new Washington law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system.
"May tax funds generated by a county pursuant to RCW 71.20.110 be used by the county to pay the costs incurred by it in the detention of persons awaiting sanity hearings in a maximum security psychiatric facility maintained by a local private hospital with which the county has a service contract?"
By letter previously acknowledged, you requested our opinion concerning two questions which we paraphrase as follows: 1. Can a city use the one‑half cent per gallon motor vehicle fuel tax distributable to it under RCW 82.36.020 (5) to finance the new construction or reconstruction of local arterials which do not conform to state design standards? 2. Can a city pledge this one‑half cent per gallon motor vehicle fuel tax to secure or be used to amortize general bond indebtedness incurred by a city for the purpose of improving its arterials?