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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1961 NO. 21 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD ‑- APPLICABILITY OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE LAW TO AGENT VENDORS Agent vendors appointed by the liquor control board under the authority of RCW 66.08.050 (2) are covered by the provisions of the state civil service law.     
AGO 1961 NO. 22 >
CIVIL SERVICE LAW ‑- COVERAGE OF STATE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE OFFICERS OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS State employees not covered by the Federal "Hatch Act" may be officers of organizations such as the Young Democrats, Young Republicans, etc., without violating the provisions of the state civil service law
AGO 1961 NO. 23 >
DISTRICTS ‑- FIRE PROTECTION ‑- PARTICIPATION IN DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM TAXES ON FIRE INSURANCE PREMIUMS Fire protection districts having full-time paid fire departments and which established firemen's pension boards and firemen's pension funds are eligible to participate on a pro rata basis
AGO 1961 NO. 24 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOL ‑- CONTRACTS ‑- USE OF TRADE NAME, BRAND NAME, ETC. IN CONTRACTS UNDER CHAPTER 224, LAWS OF 1961 A school district calling for bids prior to letting a contract can specify an item by brand name or name of manufacturer without an additional clause inviting bids on similar items
AGO 1961 NO. 25 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY ‑- SHERIFF ‑- AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE FELONY CASES IN THIRD AND FOURTH CLASS CITIES A sheriff, as chief law enforcement officer of a county, has the authority to investigate upon his own initiative all felony cases which occur within cities of the third and fourth
AGO 1961 NO. 26 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY ‑- SHERIFF ‑- ROAD PATROLMAN AS SUBJECT TO CIVIL SERVICE A road patrolman employed in a dual capacity by the county commissioners and the county sheriff and who was appointed deputy sheriff prior to the effective date of Initiative No. 23 is covered by the provisions
AGO 1961 NO. 27 >
CIVIL SERVICE ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ‑- PERSONS COVERED UNDER INITIATIVE NO. 207 (1 and 2) The Commissioner of Public Lands and the Board of Natural Resources are not covered by the new state civil service law. (3) Confidential secretaries and administrative assistants in the
AGO 1961 NO. 28 >
MOTOR VEHICLES ‑- LICENSES ‑- AUTHORITY OF EMERGENCY TOW CAR TO LIFT AND HAUL TOWED VEHICLE ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS The payment of the $5.00 license fee provided for in RCW 46.16.080 does not permit an emergency tow car to lift and haul any portion of a towed vehicle over and along the public highways
AGO 1961 NO. 29 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY ‑- COMMISSIONERS ‑- AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS ON A TEMPORARY LOAN BASIS FROM ONE SOLVENT FUND TO ANOTHER SOLVENT FUND ‑- DURATION OF LOAN ‑- CHARGING OF INTEREST (1) County funds which are neither transferable without limitation nor not transferable at all may be
AGO 1961 NO. 30 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- FERRY SYSTEM ‑- EMPLOYEES NOT SUBJECT TO STATE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT The enactment of chapter 278, Laws of 1961, affecting the powers, duties and authority of the Washington Toll Bridge Authority and the Highway Commission did not have the effect of putting employees