Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 43 State Government -- Executive - Chapter 43.17 Administrative Departments And Agencies -- General Provisions

  • 43.17.010 Departments created
    There shall be departments of the state government which shall be known as (1) the department of social and health services, (2) the department of ...
  • 43.17.020 Chief executive officers -- Appointment
    There shall be a chief executive officer of each department to be known as: (1) The secretary of social and health services, (2) the director ...
  • 43.17.030 Powers and duties -- Oath
    The directors of the several departments shall exercise such powers and perform such executive and administrative duties as are provided by law. Each appointive officer ...
  • 43.17.040 Chief assistant director -- Powers
    The director of each department may, from time to time, designate and deputize one of the assistant directors of his department to act as the ...
  • 43.17.050 Office at capital -- Branch offices
    Each department shall maintain its principal office at the state capital. The director of each department may, with the approval of the governor, establish and ...
  • 43.17.060 Departmental rules and regulations
    The director of each department may prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its subordinate ...
  • 43.17.070 Administrative committees
    There shall be administrative committees of the state government, which shall be known as: (1) The state finance committee and (2) the state capitol committee.[1982 ...
  • 43.17.100 Surety bonds for appointive state officers and employees
    Every appointive state officer and employee of the state shall give a surety bond, payable to the state in such sum as shall be deemed ...
  • 43.17.110 Data, information, interdepartmental assistance
    Where power is vested in a department or officer to inspect, examine, secure data or information from, or procure assistance from, another department or officer, ...
  • 43.17.120 Designation of agency to carry out federal social security disability program
    Such state agency as the governor may designate is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement on behalf of the state with the Secretary of ...
  • 43.17.130 Designation of agency to carry out federal social security disability program -- Appointment of personnel
    The state agency entering into such agreement shall appoint such professional personnel and other assistants and employees as may be reasonably necessary to carry out ...
  • 43.17.150 Receipt of property or money from United States attorney general -- Use, expenditure -- Deposit
    (1) Each state agency is authorized to receive property or money made available by the attorney general of the United States under section 881(e) of ...
  • 43.17.200 Allocation of moneys for acquisition of works of art -- Expenditure by arts commission -- Conditions
    All state agencies including all state departments, boards, councils, commissions, and quasi public corporations shall allocate, as a nondeductible item, out of any moneys appropriated ...
  • 43.17.205 Purchase of works of art -- Interagency reimbursement for expenditure by visual arts program
    The funds allocated under RCW 43.17.200, 28A.335.210, and 28B.10.025 shall be subject to interagency reimbursement for expenditure by the visual arts program of the Washington ...
  • 43.17.210 Purchase of works of art -- Procedure
    The Washington state arts commission shall determine the amount to be made available for the purchase of art in consultation with the agency, except where ...
  • 43.17.230 Emergency information telephone services -- Accessibility from all phones required -- Charges
    (1) The legislature finds that when the state provides emergency information by telephone to citizens that is of a critical nature, such as road or ...
  • 43.17.240 Debts owed to the state -- Interest rate
    Interest at the rate of one percent per month, or fraction thereof, shall accrue on debts owed to the state, starting on the date the ...
  • 43.17.250 County-wide planning policy
    (1) Whenever a state agency is considering awarding grants or loans for a county, city, or town planning under RCW 36.70A.040 to finance public facilities, ...
  • 43.17.310 Businesses -- Rules coordinator to provide list of rules
    The rules coordinator under RCW 34.05.310 shall be knowledgeable regarding the agency's rules that affect businesses. The rules coordinator shall provide a list of agency ...
  • 43.17.320 Interagency disputes -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Definitions
    For purposes of RCW 43.17.320 through 43.17.340, "state agency" means: (1) Any agency for which the executive officer is listed in RCW 42.17.2401(1); and (2) ...
  • 43.17.330 Interagency disputes -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Methods
    Whenever a dispute arises between state agencies, agencies shall employ every effort to resolve the dispute themselves without resorting to litigation. These efforts shall involve ...
  • 43.17.340 Interagency disputes -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Exception
    RCW 43.17.320 and 43.17.330 shall not apply to any state agency that is a party to a lawsuit, which: (1) Impleads another state agency into ...
  • 43.17.350 Health-related state agencies -- Professional health services -- Fee schedules
    For the purpose of accurately describing professional health services purchased by the state, health-related state agencies may develop fee schedules based on billing codes and ...
  • 43.17.360 Lease of real property -- Term of a lease -- Use of proceeds--Retroactive application
    (1) The department of social and health services and other state agencies may lease real property and improvements thereon to a consortium of three or ...
  • 43.17.370 Prerelease copy of report or study to local government
    (1) An agency, prior to releasing a final report or study regarding management by a county, city, town, special purpose district, or other unit of ...
  • 43.17.380 Quality management, accountability, and performance system -- Definitions
    As used in RCW 43.17.385 and 43.17.390: (1) "State agency" or "agency" means a state agency, department, office, officer, board, commission, bureau, division, institution, or ...
  • 43.17.385 Quality management, accountability, and performance system
    (1) Each state agency shall, within available funds, develop and implement a quality management, accountability, and performance system to improve the public services it provides. ...
  • 43.17.390 Quality management, accountability, and performance system -- Independent assessment
    Starting no later than 2008, and at least once every three years thereafter, each agency shall apply to the Washington state quality award, or similar ...
  • 43.17.400 Disposition of state-owned land -- Definitions -- Notice
    (1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "Disposition" means sales, exchanges, or other actions resulting ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009