Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1985 NO. 1 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- LEGISLATOR ‑- APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO VACANCY IN MULTI-COUNTY LEGISLATIVE POSITION  If a vacancy occurs in one position of a House of Representatives district which encompasses two counties and part of a third county, the boards of county
AGO 1985 NO. 2 >
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE ‑- WORKERS' COMPENSATION ‑- MINIMUM WAGE ‑- APPLICABILITY OF MINIMUM WAGE LAW TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TRAINEES When an industrially-injured worker continues to receive temporary total disability compensation from the Department of Labor and Industries while participating
AGO 1985 NO. 3 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY ‑- DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES ‑- STATE MONITORING AND REGULATION OF RADIOACTIVE EMISSIONS FROM FEDERAL NUCLEAR FACILITY The State of Washington does not have the requisite authority, under federal law, to regulate radioactive
AGO 1985 NO. 4 >
UNIVERSITIES ‑- COLLEGES ‑- OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES ‑- OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT ‑- FIXING SALARIES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION  It is not clearly a violation of the Washington Open Public Meetings Act for the board of regents of a state university to consider, and by duly adopted motion fix, the
AGO 1985 NO. 5 >
PUBLIC WORKS ‑- EMPLOYEES ‑- APPRENTICES ‑- APPLICABILITY OF STATE PREVAILING WAGE LAW  A federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT) apprentice program may not be substituted for a state‑approved apprenticeship program under chapter 49.04 RCW for the purposes of ascertainment of the
AGO 1985 NO. 6 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ‑- GOVERNOR ‑- LEGISLATURE ‑- TENURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON Under the provisions of RCW 49.60.050 the Governor may designate as chairperson of the Washington State Human Rights Commission any member thereof, notwithstanding a
AGO 1985 NO. 7 >
PENSIONS ‑- RETIREMENT ‑- DENTISTRY ‑- MEDICAL AID ‑- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS ‑- SCOPE OF MEDICAL SERVICES  (1) The phrase "his teeth" in RCW 41.26.030 (relating to members of the Washington Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Retirement System) includes not only
AGO 1985 NO. 8 >
INSURANCE ‑- MEDICAL AID ‑- MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT ‑- GROUP DISABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT  The provisions of RCW 48.21.240, RCW 48.44.340 and RCW 48.46.290, requiring group disability insurers, health care service contractors, and health maintenance organizations,
AGO 1985 NO. 9 >
COURTS ‑- JUSTICE ‑- FINES ‑- PUBLIC SAFETY AND EDUCATION ASSESSMENT Where a district justice court imposes a fine and then suspends a portion of that fine pursuant to RCW 3.62.010 and/or RCW 3.66.086 [3.66.068], the public safety and education assessment provided for in RCW 3.62.090 is only to be
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COURTS ‑- NAMES ‑- LICENSES ‑- DIVORCE ‑- CHANGE OF NAME FOLLOWING DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE  It is not legally necessary, in order for a previously married woman to change her last name following a dissolution of marriage, for her to seek and obtain a court order so changing her name pursuant