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99-02
  • Use of state resources
  • Nonprofit entities
  1. Whether state employees may operate a nonprofit corporation within a state agency for the purpose of overseeing fundraising and ensuring compliance with the state's ethics laws? Qualified No / See Opinion
 RCW 42.52.010
RCW 42.52.050
RCW 42.52.070
RCW 42.52.140
RCW 42.52.150
RCW 42.52.160
99-03
  • Outside Compensation
  • Collegiate Athletic Coaches
  1. How does RCW 42.52 restrict outside compensation paid to a university coach? See Opinion
 RCW 45.52.010
RCW 42.52.110
RCW 42.52.120
RCW 42.52.130
RCW 42.52.160
98-02
  • Post-State Employment
  1. How does the term “transaction involving the state” as defined in RCW 42.52.010 apply to the Department of Ecology's (DOE) multi-step site sediment cleanup process? See Opinion
  2. How is “personal and substantial” involvement in a “transaction involving the state” determined? See Opinion
  3. May a former employee who participated in transactions involving the state assist a state agency as a contractor with regard to the same transactions? See Opinion
  4. What is the definition of “another person” as used in RCW 42.52.080(5) and does it apply to state agencies? See Opinion
  5. Do the restrictions in RCW 42.52.080 apply to situations that do not involve transactions with the state? See Opinion
 97-06
97-08 		RCW 42.52.080
98-05
  • Transactions involving the State
  1. If an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) or an Industrial Appeals Judge (IAJ) owns stock in an employer, would their official actions relating to unemployment insurance and worker's compensation be exempted from a 'transaction involving the state' under RCW 42.52.010, and could they decide a case without incurring a conflict of interest under RCW 42.52.020 and RCW 42.52.030? See Opinion
 RCW 45.52.010
RCW 42.52.020
RCW 42.52.030
97-10
  • Assisting in transactions
  1. Does the rule-making process fall within the definition of 'transaction involving the state'? No / See Opinion
 RCW 42.52.040
96-06
  • Gifts
  • Agency
  • Section 6 employee
  • Hosted reception
  • Acceptance of food and beverage
  1. Can officers and employees of a state regulatory agency accept food and beverage from persons when they do not participate in regulatory or contractual matters with those persons? See Opinion
  2. What is the definition of hosted reception under RCW 42.52.150(6)? See Opinion
  3. Does the limitation on the acceptance of food and beverage in RCW 42.52.150(6) apply to food and beverage provided by an association which is composed of members who are regulated by the agency or who seek to provide goods or services to the agency? See Opinion
  4. Can a state officer or employee accept food and beverage which they receive as part of training paid for by the state? See Opinion
 RCW 42.52.150
96-08
  • Definition of state officer and state employee
  1. Do state officers and employees ever lose their identity or does their status as state officers and employees apply only during normal working hours or when they are performing their state duties at times not considered normal working hours? No / See Opinion
 RCW 45.52.010