Attorney General Opinions | Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers

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
19-001	02/06/19	Constitutionality of Proposed Financing Plan for State Highway Construction Project.	19-001920.49 KB
18-009	10/17/18	Interpretation of the Phrase "An Officer of a State Police Agency of Another State" in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-146 (Cum. Supp. 2016), amended by 2018 Neb. Laws LB 909, § 24.	18-009535.12 KB
18-008	10/15/18	The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Information Sharing in the Context of School Safety.	18-0081.4 MB
18-007	10/11/18	Whether the fees charged to participants in the Nebraska Educational Savings Plan Trust are public funds and whether the Legislature may transfer an excess of those fees into the General Fund.	18-0071.24 MB
18-005	09/28/18	Whether Members and Staff of the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission May Provide Confidential Records to the Auditor of Public Accounts.	18-005554.69 KB
18-004	09/28/18	Constitutionality of Refundable Income Tax Credits in Proposed Constitutional Amendment.	18-004890.71 KB
18-006	09/28/18	Whether the Nebraska Legislature's Archived Videos of Committee Hearings and Floor Debates Are "Public Records" Under the Nebraska Public Records Statutes.	18-006996.38 KB
18-002	03/27/18	Constitutionality of LB 117, the lnvestigational Drug Use Act, Under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.	18-002501.91 KB
18-001	03/21/18	Constitutionality of the Refundable Income Tax Credits in LB 829 and LB 947.	18-001830.97 KB
17-006	12/28/17	Interpretation of the "Supermajority" Voting Requirement in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-519(2) (Supp. 2017).	17-006592.83 KB

Number

Date

Title

PDF

19-001

02/06/19

Constitutionality of Proposed Financing Plan for State Highway Construction Project.

19-001920.49 KB

18-009

10/17/18

Interpretation of the Phrase "An Officer of a State Police Agency of Another State" in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-146 (Cum. Supp. 2016), amended by 2018 Neb. Laws LB 909, § 24.

18-009535.12 KB