WSR 16-06-030

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE

[Filed February 22, 2016, 2:40 p.m.]

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION

WASHINGTON ATTORNEY GENERAL

The Washington attorney general issues formal published opinions in response to requests by the heads of state agencies, state legislators, and county prosecuting attorneys. When it appears that individuals outside the attorney general's office have information or expertise that will assist in the preparation of a particular opinion, a summary of that opinion request will be published in the state register. If you are interested in commenting on a request listed in this volume of the register, you should notify the attorney general's office of your interest by March 23, 2016. This is not the due date by which comments must be received. However, if you do not notify the attorney general's office of your interest in commenting on an opinion request by this date, the opinion may be issued before your comments have been received. You may notify the attorney general's office of your intention to comment by e-mail to jeff.even@atg.wa.gov or by writing to the Office of the Attorney General, Solicitor General Division, Attention Jeff Even, Deputy Solicitor General, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA 98504-0100. When you notify the office of your intention to comment, you may be provided with a copy of the opinion request in which you are interested, information about the attorney general's opinion process, information on how to submit your comments, and a due date by which your comments must be received to ensure that they are fully considered.

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The attorney general's office seeks public input on the following opinion request(s):

Opinion Docket No. 16-02-01

Request by Mr. Chris Liu, Director,

Department of Enterprise Services

QUESTIONS:

1.	Does I-200 prohibit the State from implementing rece- or sex-conscious measure to address significant disparities in the public contracting sector that are documented in disparity study if it is first determined that race- and sex-neutral measures will be insufficient to address those disparities.
2.	Does the answer to the first question depend on whether the contracts at issue are being awarded by a state agency that receives federal funds and is therefore subject to Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act?

Reviser's note: The spelling error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.