Washington § 72.27.020 - Secretary is compact administrator — Rules and regulations — Cooperation with other agencies.

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§ 72.27.020. Secretary is compact administrator — Rules and regulations — Cooperation with other agencies.

Pursuant to said compact provided in RCW 72.27.010, the secretary of social and health services shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this state thereunder.
[ 1979 c 141 s 233; 1965 ex.s. c 26 s 2.]

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