Legal Opinion
Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area v. Public Employment Relations Commission
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 12, 2013No. 42435-5-IIPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWorswick, C.J.
¶1 — Under Washington’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA),1 agencies have discretion whether to issue decisions through adjudication or rule making. But the APA limits the scope of an adjudicative order to one that determines the rights, duties, privileges, or other legal interests of specific persons. Hence, an adjudicative order cannot be used to promulgate a new, purely prospective rule or policy.
¶2 Here, the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) entered an adjudicative order dismissing an unfair labor practice complaint by Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1576 against the…
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