Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ‑- COMMUNITY COLLEGES ‑- TENURE ‑- RETENTION OF TENURE UPON APPOINTMENT TO OFFICE OF PRESIDENT As amended by § 7, chapter 282, Laws of 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., RCW 28B.50.860 does not have the legal effect of restoring tenure to a formerly tenured community college faculty
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BANKS AND BANKING ‑- MORTGAGES ‑- FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY FEDERALLY CHARTERED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Those national banks, federal savings and loan associations and federal credit unions which do business within the state of Washington are required to file annual reports of their financial affairs
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ‑- FUNDS ‑- APPROPRIATIONS ‑- TRANSFER OF CERTAIN LOCAL FUNDS RCW 43.09.210 does not prohibit the making of those fund transfers by the Department of Agriculture which are provided for in § 31, chapter 339, Laws of 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., as a
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RAILROADS ‑- MOTOR VEHICLES ‑- LICENSES ‑- HIGHWAYS ‑- OPERATION OF RAILROAD TRAINS A person need not have been issued a Washington state motor vehicle operator's license in order to operate a railroad train within the state.             
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TORT LIABILITY ‑- POTENTIAL STATE LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH PROPOSED DAM SAFETY INSPECTION PROGRAM If the state of Washington were to assume responsibility, by law, for inspecting and approving the operation of nonfederal dams, it would then follow that the State could, in a given case, be held
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- WASHINGTON STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION ‑- LAW ENFORCEMENT ‑- ADMINISTRATION OF TESTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS The Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission does not presently possess the legal authority to administer qualifying
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY ‑- BONDS ‑- GARBAGE ‑- BONDS FOR ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES ‑- USE OF PROCEEDS FOR ACQUISITION OF GARBAGE TRUCKS (1) In view of the amendment to chapter 128, Laws of 1972, 1st Ex. Sess. (Referendum 26) which is contained in
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY ‑- SHERIFF ‑- CIVIL SERVICE ‑- HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIAN AS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER RCW 41.14.030 does not prohibit a person from simultaneously serving as a county civil service commissioner and as a high school librarian.        
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BANKS AND BANKING ‑- CREDIT UNIONS ‑- LOANS ‑- PERMISSIBLE DURATION OF LOANS BY STATE REGULATED CREDIT UNIONS A state regulated credit union may legally take action which will have the effect of extending a loan beyond the applicable four-year or eight-year statutory limit without violating RCW 31.
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OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ‑- APPROPRIATIONS ‑- USE OF FULL APPROPRIATION TO ACQUIRE LESSER AMOUNT OF REAL PROPERTY Because of the provisions of Article VIII, § 4 (Amendment 11) of the Washington State Constitution, the full amount of $375,000 which was