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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1966 NO. 96 >
COUNTIES ‑- BOUNDARIES ‑- LOCATION OF DISPUTED, UNCERTAIN OR AMBIGUOUS LINES ‑- POWER OF LEGISLATURE ‑- CREATION OF BOUNDARY LINE COMMISSION. (1) Existing statutory procedures set forth in RCW 36.04.400 and in RCW 36.05.010-36.05.080 do afford a legally sufficient means of establishing the
AGO 1966 NO. 97 >
TAXATION ‑- PROPERTY ‑- APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 174, LAWS OF 1965, EX. SESS. ‑- TAX LEVY RATE ‑- CALCULATION ‑- FACTORS. 1. The property tax levy rate referred to in § 2 (2) means the same actual millage rate as applied last year by that taxing district, rather than the effective rate upon the
AGO 1966 NO. 98 >
MOTOR VEHICLES ‑- HOUSE TRAILER ‑- EXCISE TAX ‑- LICENSES ‑- NONRESIDENT MILITARY PERSONNEL ‑- SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CIVIL RELIEF ACT ‑- REFUNDS. (1) and (2).  Under the soldiers and sailors civil relief act as recently construed by the United States supreme court, nonresident military
AGO 1966 NO. 99 >
TAXATION ‑- EXEMPTION ‑- PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ‑- AUTHORITY OF LEGISLATURE TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXES ‑- CONTINGENT LEGISLATION ‑- EFFECT OF CHAPTER 168, LAWS OF 1965, EX. SESS. In the event that H.J.R. No. 7 is approved by the voters at the November, 1966,
AGO 1966 NO. 100 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY ‑- ORDINANCE ‑- LICENSES ‑- INSURANCE AGENTS. A city or town may enact an ordinance requiring an insurance agent licensed by the state insurance commissioner to obtain a local license prior to soliciting door-to-door within its territorial limits.  
AGO 1966 NO. 101 >
STATE COLLEGES ‑- ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ‑- LOCATION ‑- POWER OF THE LEGISLATURE. The legislature at its 1967 session may establish a new four-year institution of higher education at such place in this state which, in its judgment, will best serve the
AGO 1966 NO. 102 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS ‑- PUBLICATION ‑- INFORMATIONAL BULLETINS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO GENERAL PUBLIC ‑- DISTRIBUTION TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOLS ONLY. (1) A school district has not been authorized by the legislature either expressly or by implication to
AGO 1966 NO. 103 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD ‑- AUTHORITY TO ADOPT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS ‑- GUIDELINES. (1) The state liquor control board as an administrative agency created by the legislature may exercise only such power as is conferred upon it by the legislature.  (Opinion p
AGO 1966 NO. 104 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- FIREMEN'S PENSION SYSTEMS ‑- COVERAGE OF PAID FIREMEN. (1) A city or town which is participating in the state‑wide [[statewide]]city employees' retirement system may not cover its full-time paid firemen under the provisions of that retirement system because such firemen are
AGO 1966 NO. 105 >
COMMON CARRIERS ‑- COMMON AND CONTRACT ‑- REQUIREMENT OF PERMIT WHERE COMPENSATION PAID FOR TRANSPORTATION. A purchaser of merchandise is required to obtain a permit as a common or contract carrier of motor freight where he is the purchaser of merchandise at a price f.o.b. destination which