|
Advisory
Opinion
|
Subject |
Issue |
RCW
and/or WAC |
Cross
Reference |
| 97-01 |
Outside
Employment
Contract
authorized by agency
|
Does
RCW 42.52.120(1)(e) prohibit a state officer or employee from
entering into a contract that is expressly authorized or funded
by the officer's or employee's agency?
|
RCW
42.52.120 |
|
| 97-01A |
Outside
Employment
Contract
authorized by agency
|
Legislative
amendment to RCW 42.52.120(1)(e) that struck out the words "or by
his or her agency" |
RCW
42.52.120 |
97-01 |
| 97-02 |
Acceptance
of food and beverages at government-sponsored events
Agency;
Section 4 employee
|
May
a state official or employee who participates in regulatory matters
accept food and beverage as part of an official trade mission to
another country, if some of the cost is paid by the person regulated
by the official or employee's agency? |
RCW
45.52.010
RCW
42.52.150
|
00-06 |
| 97-03 |
Conflict
of Interest
Outside
employment
|
May
a state officer or employee of a regulatory agency conduct an outside
business or accept outside employment doing work that the officer
or employee would regulate as part of his or her official duties? |
RCW
42.52.020
RCW
42.52.120
|
00-14 |
| 97-04 |
De
Minimis use of state resources
Substitution
of state equipment for personal equipment
|
If
an agency substitutes a state officer's or employee's personal computer
equipment with state equipment so that the officer or employee can
work at home, may the officer or employee make the same private
use of the replacement state equipment that he or she could make
of his or her personal equipment? |
RCW
42.52.160
WAC
292-110-010 |
|
| 97-05 |
Employee's
beneficial interest in a spouse's contract with the employing agency |
Is
it a violation of RCW 42.52.120(1)(e) for a state officer or state
employee to have a beneficial interest in a contract that the officer's
employee's spouse has with the agency that employs the officer or
employee? |
RCW
42.52.120 |
|
| 97-06 |
Employment
after leaving public service
Assisting
in a transaction
|
Does
RCW 42.52.080(5) prohibit a former state employee from accepting
employment assisting a person seeking a water right permit when
the employee worked on the same permit application while employed
by the state? |
RCW
42.52.080 |
|
| 97-07 |
Employment
after leaving public service
Contract;
Transaction involving the state; Confidential information
|
After
terminating employment with the state, may the director of a state
agency accept employment from a person who entered into contracts
with the director's agency? |
RCW
42.52.080 |
|
| 97-08 |
Activities
incompatible with public duties
Employment
after public service
|
Is
it a violation of RCW 42.52.020 for a state officer or state employee,
whose duties involve reviewing fuel tax returns, to send out a questionnaire
to businesses that file fuel tax returns to see if there is a market
for a post-state employment business assisting businesses in completing
fuel tax returns? |
RCW
42.52.020 |
|
| 97-09 |
Receipt
of gratuity or reward
Beneficial
interest in a state contract
|
Is
there a violation of RCW 42.52.030(1) if the officer or employee
receives a gift that may properly be accepted under RCW 42.52.150(4)? |
RCW
42.52.030 |
|
| 97-10 |
Assisting
in transactions |
Does
the rule-making process fall within the definition of "transaction
involving the state"? |
RCW
42.52.040 |
|
| 97-11 |
Financial
Interests
Board
membership
|
Does
RCW 42.52 prohibit a board member from participating in a proceeding
when the member owns stock in a person who appears before the board
and when the member was appointed to represent a particular interest
on the board? |
RCW
42.52.030 |
96-09 |
| 97-12 |
Financial
Interests
State
employee
|
Whether
stock ownership in a person prohibits a state employee from participating
in state actions which may affect that person as a member of broadly
defined group or as a specific interest of state action? |
RCW
42.52.020 |
|
| 97-13 |
Financial
Interests
Board
Membership
|
Whether
a nonvoting member of the SIB would violate any provision of RCW
42.52 under given circumstances? |
RCW
42.52.020
RCW
42.52.030
RCW
42.52.040
|
96-09
96-09A
|
| 97-14 |
Outside
employment |
Whether
a corrections officer may engage in outside employment as a contractor
to his or her assigned correctional facility? |
RCW
42.52.120 |
|
