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James R. Ellis Chairman, Board of Directors Washington State Convention Trade Center 701 Fifth Avenue #5000 Seattle, Washington 98104-7078

Dear Chairman Ellis:

By letter previously acknowledged, you have requested our opinion on a question we have paraphrased as follows:

Where the Legislature has conditioned its financing for expansion of the Washington State Convention Trade Center (WSCTC) on the receipt of a substan tial private financial contribution, necessarily implying a coordinated public-private construction project, and where the Legislature has specifically prohibited the expenditure…