Other LanguagesThe offices of county commissioner and mayor of a third class city are incompatible.
The entitlement of a member of a board of county commissioners to be reimbursed for his expenses for meals and travel while engaged in official county business within his own county is dependent upon the terms of such county's ordinance as has been promulgated under RCW 42.24.090.
In any county which has, pursuant to RCW 36.32.240, established a county purchasing department, that department is to purchase all election supplies for the county auditor; such purchases may be made only after a call for competitive bids to the extent required by RCW 36.32.240 and 36.32.250.
Where land has been classified or zoned as to its use under the provisions of chapter 36.70 RCW, the county assessor should take into consideration this fact but he is not bound thereby in exercising his judgment as to the best uses to which the property can be put.
The board of county commissioners does not have legal authority to grant a perpetual franchise over county lands to the Bonneville Power Administration for a power line.
A county auditor is not authorized by RCW 65.04.040, as amended by § 1, chapter 254, Laws of 1959, to microfilm recordings of legal instruments recorded in his office prior to the statutory amendment and then to destroy the original recordings under RCW 40.14.070.
The board of county commissioners has the authority to adopt for the county an ordinance containing provisions similar to those of RCW 43.01.041 allowing payment to be made to employees for accrued vacation upon termination of employment.
Where a board of county commissioners makes a consolidated publication covering all day labor projects of more than $2,500 for the preceding year, as provided for in WAC 136-16-060, this publication will not constitute compliance by the board with the statutory requirements of RCW 36.77.070.
(1) The county commissioners of a second (or lower) class county may not make a law prohibiting their prosecuting attorney from engaging in the private practice of law where the legislature has enacted a statute which permits such practice. (2) A county may not pay its prosecuting attorney a salary greater than that fixed by RCW 36.17.020, as consideration for his agreement not to engage in private practice.
1. County clerks are legally authorized to destroy old court records filed in their offices pursuant to RCW 36.23.065 and 36.23.070. Destruction of other county records is controlled by chapter 40.14 RCW. 2. Such records may not be destroyed without photo stating after they are more than ten years old.