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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGLO NO. 11 >
APPROPRIATIONS ‑- LEGISLATURE ‑- STATE AGENCIES ‑- ADOPTION OF BIENNIAL BUDGET Legal consequences of a failure by the legislature to adopt a biennial state budget prior to the commencement of the fiscal period to be covered thereby.           
AGLO NO. 12 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ‑- AUDITOR ‑- APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY BUDGET OFFFICER The appointment of a budget officer by a board of county commissioners under RCW 36.32.440 does not relieve the county auditor of his responsibilities under RCW 36.40.010-36.40.050 in connection with
AGLO NO. 13 >
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ‑- REFERENDUM NO. 28 ‑- USE OF BOND PROCEEDS FOR OUTDOOR AND INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES Proceeds derived from the sale of bonds issued under Referendum Bill No. 28 (chapter 129, Laws of 1972, Ex.Sess.) are not limited, in terms of use, to the acquisition or
AGLO NO. 14 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ‑- CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PROPOSED MEDICAL SCHOOL ADMISSION PROGRAM Legislation requiring the establishment of a program at the University of Washington Medical School giving preferential treatment to Washington residents who are attending or
AGLO NO. 15 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ‑- SHORELANDS ‑- CONSTRUCTION OF PRIVATE PIER The department of natural resources does not have the legal authority under existing law to permit an upland owner whose land abuts on second class shorelands owned by the state of
AGLO NO. 16 >
CRIMES ‑- ARREST ‑- POLICE ‑- RECORDING SOUNDS INCIDENT TO ISSUANCE OF CITATIONS (1) Mere sounds, as distinguished from verbal conversation, occurring in connection with an event where a police officer is issuing a citation to a citizen on a public street do not constitute "private conversations"
AGLO NO. 17 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ‑- UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ‑- COLLECTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TAXES BY PROCEEDING AGAINST CONTRACTORS' SECURITY DEPOSITS The state department of employment security is not required first to obtain an inrem court judgment before a
AGLO NO. 18 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES ‑- ADOPTION ‑- CHILDREN ‑- PREPARATION OF NEXT FRIEND AND PREPLACEMENT REPORTS BY DEPARTMENT Discussion of the circumstances under which the department of social and health services is either required or authorized to provide
AGLO NO. 19 >
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW ‑- RULES AND REGULATIONS ‑- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT ‑- STANDING OF GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY TO PETITION ANOTHER AGENCY FOR RULE‑MAKING PROCEEDINGS In view of a recent decision by the Washington supreme court holding that a governmental agency is not a "person" within the meaning
AGLO NO. 20 >
DISTRICTS ‑- PARK AND RECREATION ‑- ELECTIONS ‑- BOUNDARY REVIEW BOARD ‑- FORMATION OF PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT (1) A proposition for financing a proposed park and recreation district under chapter 36.69 RCW may not be placed on the ballot at the same time as an election held on the question of