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Wash. Rev. Code § 42.36.020 (2026)

Members of local decision-making bodies

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No member of a local decision-making body may be disqualified by the appearance of fairness doctrine for conducting the business of his or her office with any constituent on any matter other than a quasi-judicial action then pending before the local legislative body.
[ 1982 c 229 s 2.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1987–1996 · leading case: Org. to Preserve Agric. Lands v. Adams Cnty., 913 P.2d 793 (Wash. 1996).
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Org. to Preserve Agric. Lands v. Adams Cnty., 913 P.2d 793 (Wash. 1996). “The statute specifically provides, however, that no decisionmaker will be disqualified "for conducting the business of his or her office with any constituent on any matter other than a quasi-judicial action then pending before the local legislative body,” RCW 42.36.020, or for…”
West Main Assocs. v. City of Bellevue, 742 P.2d 1266 (Wash. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “They argue that (1) RCW 42.36.020 expressly excludes Mr. Keeffe's conduct from the scope of *528 the doctrine; and (2) even if RCW 42.”
Org. to Preserve Agr. v. Adams Co., 913 P.2d 793 (Wash. 1996). “The statute specifically provides, however, that no decisionmaker will be disqualified "for conducting the business of his or her office with any constituent on any matter other than a quasi-judicial action then pending before the local legislative body," RCW 42.36.020, or for…”
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