Mike Hilgers

Nebraska Attorney General

Attorney General Opinions

Opinions of the Attorney General are prepared in response to a specific legal question from a state agency or state official in instances where that agency or official has need of a legal opinion in the performance of their duties.  The Attorney General may provide an opinion to state legislators on a question relating to proposed or pending legislation, or when the opinion request “pertains directly to the performance of some function or duty by the Legislature itself.”  (Op. Att’y Gen. No. 157 (December 20, 1985) at 1.)  The Attorney General may also provide opinions to county attorneys when the question posed relates to “all criminal matters and in matters relating to the public revenue.”  Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-205(3) (2014).  Attorney General Opinions issued after 1989 are available below.

The Attorney General is not authorized to give opinions to local governmental officials or private citizens.

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08005 06/16/08 Whether the provisions of 2008 Neb. Laws LB 1096, § 4 are retroactive to include all qualifying funds collected by volunteer fire departments prior to the effective date of LB 1096, and if so, whether those funds collected prior to the effective date of LB 1096 may be claimed by the taxing authority supporting the volunteer fire department 080051.07 MB
08004 06/06/08 Constitutional Rights Of Petition Circulators And Blockers On Private Property In Nebraska 080041.45 MB
08003 02/26/08 Enforceability Of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-169.01 After Amendment Of That Section Was Found To Be Unconstitutional 080031.32 MB
08002 01/14/08 If the Board of Parole is mandated to review cases annually if an offender was sentenced to the Department of Correctional Services prior to the statutory change in review schedule as set forth in LB 1241 of the 1986 Legislative session 08002767.9 KB
08001 01/07/08 Use of Construction Management at Risk Method by Community Colleges 08001751.39 KB
07017 11/21/07 Number of Hours That May Be Worked by Firefighters Assigned to Work Shifts of Less Than Twenty-four Hours Under Neb. Rev. Stat.§ 35-302 (2004) 070171.12 MB
07016 09/24/07 Nebraska State Historical Society; Application of State Accounting and Budget Procedures to Miscellaneous Receipts and Expenditures of the Historical Society 070161.18 MB
07015 09/17/07 (1) Whether Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1001 requires brand inspectors to work a forty-hour work week. (2) Whether it is possible for on-call hours to satisfy Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1001, even though they do not satisfy wage and hour laws. (3) Whether the Legislature could pass a law applying only to the Brand Committee that would exempt it from § 84-1001 (1) 070151.21 MB
07014 06/14/07 Nebraska Veterans' Aid Fund; Investment Authority of the State Investment Officer and the Nebraska Investment Council 07014668.95 KB
07013 06/12/07 Authority of Nebraska State Patrol to Issue Administrative Subpoenas to Obtain Electronic Records of Subscriber Information Which Does Not Include Content from Providers of Electronic Communication Services 070136.5 MB

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