Other LanguagesBy letter previously acknowledged you have requested an opinion of this office on a question pertaining to the eligibility for licensing of certain institutions under the provisions of a proposed bill relating to installment loans. Your question regarding this bill reads as follows:
We acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 24, 1970, requesting an opinion of this office on the following question:
This is written in response to your recent letter requesting our advice as to whether a hospital operated by a public hospital district, under the provisions of chapter 70.44 RCW, is required by virtue of its "public" status to permit its facilities to be used for the performance of abortions under the provisions of chapter 3, Laws of 1970, Ex. Sess. (Referendum No. 20).
This is written in response to your recent letter requesting our opinion on the following question: "Does the Department of Labor and Industries have the statutory authority under Chapter 41.56 of the Revised Code of Washington entitled Public Employees Collective Bargaining Act to promulgate rules defining and excluding 'supervisors' from bargaining units containing other employees?"
This is written in response to your recent letter requesting our opinion on a question which we paraphrase as follows: Where, in the case of a third class city, no newspaper is published within such city (although newspapers published in adjacent or neighboring cities are of general circulation therein), how are the proposed ordinances of such city to be published?
By letter previously acknowledged you have requested an opinion of this office concerning the status of an organization known as the Washington Association of Community College Student Governments. We have paraphrased your question as follows:
This is written in response to your recent letter requesting our opinion on the following two questions: "(1) Can the County Commissioners hire a private citizen who does not hold a law enforcement commission from the County Sheriff or otherwise to police county roads with regard to weight and measures? "(2) Assuming the commissioners could hire the man, could this man be given any powers of arrest other than the power of a citizen's arrest which all citizens possess in common?"
This is written in response to your recent request for our opinion on several questions pertaining to the scope of RCW 29.82.220, relating to corrupt practices in connection with recall campaigns in this state. We paraphrase your questions as follows: (1) Does RCW 29.82.220 make it a crime to advertise in favor of or against signing a recall petition? (2) Does RCW 29.82.220 make it a crime to advertise in favor of or against voting for the recall of a public official? (3) Does RCW 29.82.220 make it a crime to offer a reward or make a threat of harm in connection with signing or not signing a recall petition or voting for or against a recall?