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CITIES AND TOWNS – COUNTIES – INTERLOCAL COOPERATION ACT – Including cost of tort liability in city/county agreement concerning allocation of criminal investigation and prosecution costs.
1. When negotiating an agreement under RCW 39.34.180(2) for the allocation of the costs of
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1. RCW 82.46.075 authorizes a county to impose certain sales and use taxes for the purpose of providing affordable housing for persons of low and moderate income; it does not violate the constitutional provisions against gifts and lending of credit to provide housing assistance to
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INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM – Nature of “declaration” on petitions as required by RCW 29A.72.110–.130 as amended by Laws of 2005, ch. 239.
1. RCW 29A.72.110-.130, as amended by Laws of 2005, ch. 239, requires each initiative or referendum petition to contain a printed “declaration” concerning
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STATE EMPLOYEES - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES – EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES – LABOR – COLLECTIVE BARGAINING – Circumstances in which a state employee may exercise a right of non-association with a labor union.
1. State employees may exercise their right of nonassociation with a labor union under RCW 41.80.
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FIREARMS – DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS – LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS – Authority of corrections officers to carry concealed weapon without obtaining a concealed weapon permit.
1. Corrections officers may carry concealed pistols without obtaining a concealed weapon permit if they meet the
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LEGISLATIVE ETHICS BOARD – LEGISLATURE – CODE REVISER – Jurisdiction of Legislative Ethics Board over Code Reviser employees for purposes of RCW 42.52.
For purposes of the Ethics in Government Act, RCW 42.52, the Code Reviser’s Office is an agency of the legislative branch of state government
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WATER – WATER RIGHTS – DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY – Extent of Department of Ecology’s discretion in reviewing decisions of local water conservancy boards.
1. In reviewing a water conservancy board record of decision concerning a water right transfer application, the Department of Ecology is not
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TAXATION – PROPERTY – REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX – CITIES AND TOWNS – COUNTIES – Effect on city and county if city chooses not to impose the optional sales and use tax authorized by RCW 82.14.030(2).
1. If a city has chosen not to impose the optional sales and use tax authorized by RCW 82.14.030(
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FIREFIGHTERS – PENSIONS – CITIES AND TOWNS – Whether certain payments to current firefighters are “basic salary” for purposes of calculating pensions under RCW 41.18.
An increase in salary generally payable to all current firefighters, such as additional payment to all firefighters for