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 August 8, 2001. 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 August 8, 2001, 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 calling (360)
586-4218, or by writing to the Solicitor General, Office of the
Attorney General, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA 98504-0100. When
you notify the office of your intention to comment, you will 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.
The Attorney General's Office seeks public input on the following opinion request(s).
01-06-03
Request by Honorable Bob Morton, Senator, 7th District
Would all or any of the following conservation measures, if
installed by current customers of the Okanogan Public Utility
District, result in the conversion from one energy source to
another such that the PUD would be prohibited by Article VIII,
sec. 10 of the Washington Constitution or RCW 54.16.280 from
financing such measures through no or low-interest loans: Pellet
stoves; solar systems, including solar space heating or cooling
systems, solar water pumping systems, solar electric generating
systems, solar water heating systems, or combinations thereof;
wind turbines; geothermal systems, including geothermal space
heating or cooling systems, geothermal water heating systems, or
combinations thereof; or mini-hydroelectric generating systems?