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                          HOUSE BILL 1048

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives Carlson, Ogden, Hatfield, Radcliff, Boldt and O'Brien

Read first time 01/13/97.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Authorizing institutions of higher education to retain private legal counsel or employ the services of the attorney general.

    AN ACT Relating to legal counsel for institutions of higher education; and amending RCW 28B.10.510.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.10.510 and 1973 c 62 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    ((The attorney general of the state shall be the legal advisor to the presidents and the boards of regents and trustees of the institutions of higher education and he shall institute and prosecute or defend all suits in behalf of the same)) A state university, regional university, community college, technical college, or state college may retain private legal counsel or may employ the services of the attorney general.

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