Nebraska Attorney General

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
15-013	10/16/2015	Whether enactment of LB 176, which proposes to exempt pork packers from the prohibition against vertical integration of livestock production and packing in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-2604 (2010), is necessary to prevent a violation of the dormant Commerce Clause created by the current statute	15-013
15-014	10/20/2015	Authority of the Department of Correctional Services to Adopt Administrative Regulations Without Complying With Rulemaking Procedures Required Under the Administrative Procedure Act	15-014
15-015	10/27/2015	Reimbursement of Daily Parking Expenses of Public Service Commissioners While Working at the Commission's Lincoln Office	15-015
15-016	10/29/2015	Status of Omaha Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority as a Public, Private or "Hybrid" Entity	15-016
15-017	11/30/2015	Whether Legislation Requiring Fifty Percent of the Revenues Generated From School Lands, That Are Placed In the Temporary School Fund, Be Kept For the Benefit of the School District in Which It Was Produced Would Be Constitutional	15-017
15-018	12/17/2015	L.B. 338 - Imposition of a Docket Fee for Original Actions and Modifications for Child Support and Custody Filed by Never- Married Parents	15-018
16-001	1/15/2016	Defining "Textbooks" for Purposes of the Textbook Loan Program	16-001
16-002	1/22/2016	Whether the Nebraska Brand Committee has statutory authority to vary the inspection fee and registered feedlot enrollment fee	16-002
16-003	2/16/2016	Whether Certain Nebraska State Fair Contracts Are Exempt from the Disclosure Requirements Under the Taxpayer Transparency Act, as Amended by LB 851	16-003
16-004	2/22/2016	Whether L.B. 60 (2015) changes current law as it pertains to possession of firearms at a school	16-004

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Date

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15-013

10/16/2015

Whether enactment of LB 176, which proposes to exempt pork packers from the prohibition against vertical integration of livestock production and packing in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-2604 (2010), is necessary to prevent a violation of the dormant Commerce Clause created by the current statute