Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1963 NO. 1 >
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ‑- ARTICLES ‑- AMENDMENT ‑- FORMATION OF CORPORATION ‑- MERGER OF ASSOCIATION AND CORPORATION. (1) A cooperative association organized under chapter 23.86 RCW may not amend its articles of association so as to form a corporation under chapter 23.01 RCW. (2) Same: Such a
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CITIES ‑- THIRD CLASS ‑- PENSION PROGRAM ‑- PURCHASE FROM PRIVATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. A city of the third class does not have the statutory authority to purchase a pension program for its employees from a private life insurance company.          
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COURTS ‑- JUSTICE COURTS ORGANIZED UNDER 1961 JUSTICE COURT ACT ‑- GARNISHMENT FEE ‑- COUNTY LAW LIBRARY FEE. (1) The two dollar garnishment answer fee required by RCW 12.32.020 is not applicable to justice courts organized under chapter 299, Laws of 1961.      (2) The one
AGO 1963 NO. 4 >
LEGISLATURE ‑- CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PROPOSED LAW REQUIRING OUT-OF-STATE APPLES AND FRUITS TO MEET WASHINGTON STATE STANDARDS ‑- POLICE POWER. (1) The legislature of the state of Washington may enact a law in the exercise of its police power requiring all apples and other fruit being shipped into
AGO 1963 NO. 5 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- INSURANCE COMMISSIONER ‑- DISABILITY INSURANCE ‑- USE OF THE TERM "PHYSICIAN" WITHOUT DEFINING SAME ‑- AMBIGUITY ‑- AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE. The insurance commissioner has the authority to notify insurers that the term "physician" as used in a policy of disability
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LEGISLATURE ‑- PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND ‑- USE OF PRINCIPAL AND/OR INCOME AS BASE FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BOND ISSUE ‑- CONSTITUTIONALITY. A legislative enactment providing for the use of the principal and/or income of the state common school fund as a base for a school construction bond issue would
AGO 1963 NO. 7 >
INDIANS ‑- RESERVATIONS ‑- RETAIL SALES, BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION AND COMPENSATING TAXES ‑- STORE OWNED BY ENROLLED MEMBER OF COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND LOCATED ON "DEEDED LANDS"  SALES TO NON-INDIANS. 1. An enrolled member of the Colville Confederated Tribes who owns a store located upon
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CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- ANNEXATION ‑- AUTHORITY OF CITY COUNCIL TO PETITION CITY COUNCIL FOR ANNEXATION OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY CITY WITHOUT BUT CONTIGUOUS TO CITY LIMITS. A city which owns real property located without but contiguous to the city limits may not petition, as a property owner, for
AGO 1963 NO. 9 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- CITIES ‑- THIRD CLASS ‑- CLERK AND ATTORNEY ‑- INCREASE OR DECREASE IN COMPENSATION WHEN OFFICES ARE MADE APPOINTIVE. Where the offices of the city clerk and city attorney in a third class city have been made appointive by the city council, under the authority of RCW 35.24.
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COURTS ‑- JUSTICE COURTS ‑- 1961 ACT ‑- DISBURSEMENT OF RECEIPTS ‑- COSTS CHARGEABLE TO COUNTY ‑- DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY OTHER THAN COURTROOM SPACE. 1. The phrase "cost of providing courtroom or other space" as used in RCW 3.62.050 does not include the cost of