AGO Opinion Topics: REGIONAL

The Vancouver-Clark County regional planning commission has authority under the laws of the state of Washington to fulfill the federal requirements necessary to qualify for an urban planning assistance grant under § 701 of the Housing Act of 1954.

(1) A regional planning commission organized under RCW 35.63.070 is an agency of the participating municipal corporation and not a separate municipal corporation. (2) Employees of such a commission are employees of the participating municipal corporations.