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.

Number Date Title PDF
03019 07/09/03 LB 320; Retirement Of A District Judge While A Complaint Is Pending Against Him Before The Nebraska Judicial Qualifications Commission; Duties Of The Court Administrator 030191.73 MB
03018 06/30/03 Subpoena Power of State Fire Marshal 030181.2 MB
03017 06/04/03 Interpretation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7606(3) As It Relates To Grant Awarded From The Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund 03017965.42 KB
03016 05/19/03 Federal Rural Economic Development Loan And Grant Program; Constitutionality Of Participation In The Grant Portion Of That Program By Public Power Districts Under Art. XIII , § 3 Of The Nebraska Constitution 030161.24 MB
03014 05/14/03 Application of Neb. Rev. Stat.§ 60-6,301 (5) (Supp. 2002) to vehicles hauling grass sod 030141.64 MB
03015 05/14/03 Whether The Sales Tax on Gross Income Received for Casino Advertising Proposed Under LB 759, as Amended, Violates the Guarantee of Freedom of Speech in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution 030154.14 MB
03013 05/09/03 Statutory Responsibility of Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission 03013659.74 KB
03011 05/07/03 LB 762; Disposition Of Fines And Penalties Levied Under The Nebraska Campaign Finance Limitation Act Under Art. VII , § 5 Of The Nebraska Constitution 030111.44 MB
03012 05/07/03 Constitu tionality of AM 7091 to LB 667; More than One Subject 03012723.16 KB
03010 04/23/03 Does the "Office of the Nebraska Capitol Commission" Proposed to be Created Under LB 755 Constitute an "Executive Office of the State" Under Neb. Const. art. IV,§ 27, Requiring Approval by a Two-Thirds Majority Vote of the Legislature? 030101.85 MB

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