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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1985 NO. 11 >
COUNTIES ‑- CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- BUILDINGS ‑- VALIDITY OF AMENDMENTS TO STATE BUILDING CODE  The amendment to RCW 19.27.060 in § 10(1), chapter 360, Laws of 1985 applies prospectively to county or city amendments to the State Building Code involving single or multi-family residential housing
AGO 1985 NO. 12 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- FUNDS ‑- INTERFUND TRANSFERS OF FEDERAL FOREST FUNDS BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS  The provisions of RCW 43.09.210 do not prohibit a school district from transferring to its general operating fund certain federal forest funds initially placed in the district's capital projects
AGO 1985 NO. 13 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- FEES ‑- CHILDREN Schools are not authorized to charge fees for the administration of pre‑admission tests for early entrance of children into kindergarten or first grade classes.                 
AGO 1985 NO. 14 >
COUNTIES ‑- STATUTES ‑- TAXATION ‑- GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE OF COUNTY TAXATION AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM The provisions of RCW 82.14B.010, etseq., authorize a county, in imposing an excise tax on the use of telephone lines in order to provide an emergency services
AGO 1985 NO. 15 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- LEGISLATOR ‑- APPOINTMENT OF FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO VACANCY IN MULTI-COUNTY LEGISLATIVE POSITION A former member of a board of county commissioners is eligible for appointment to a vacant Senate seat if the former commissioner has resigned prior to the
AGO 1985 NO. 16 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- LEGISLATOR ‑- APPOINTMENT TO FILL VACANCY IN MULTI-COUNTY LEGISLATIVE POSITION ‑- NUMBER OF VOTES TO BE CAST BY LEGISLATIVE BODY OF A HOME RULE COUNTY When a vacancy occurs in a joint legislative district located partly in a home rule county governed by a
AGO 1985 NO. 17 >
COUNTIES ‑- CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- ADOPTION OF IDENTICAL ORDINANCES ‑- AGREEMENT FOR COUNTY TO ENFORCE BOTH ORDINANCES  An incorporated town within the county may by means of an ordinance adopt regulations identical to those of the county and then enter into an agreement for the enforcement of