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
16-006 03/16/16 Whether the Child Welfare Services Protection Act Proposed Under LB 975, as Amended, Violates State or Federal Law 16-00611.2 MB
16-005 03/04/16 Whether the Nebraska Legislature may permit the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska State College System to contract for their own credit cards, charge cards, or debit cards, without utilizing the Nebraska State Treasurer's contract for such services 16-0055.76 MB
16-004 02/22/16 Whether L.B. 60 (2015) changes current law as it pertains to possession of firearms at a school 16-0041.7 MB
16-003 02/16/16 Whether Certain Nebraska State Fair Contracts Are Exempt from the Disclosure Requirements Under the Taxpayer Transparency Act, as Amended by LB 851 16-0033.97 MB
16-002 01/22/16 Whether the Nebraska Brand Committee has statutory authority to vary the inspection fee and registered feedlot enrollment fee 16-0021.11 MB
16-001 01/15/16 Defining "Textbooks" for Purposes of the Textbook Loan Program 16-0014.45 MB
15-018 12/17/15 L.B. 338 - Imposition of a Docket Fee for Original Actions and Modifications for Child Support and Custody Filed by Never- Married Parents 15-0182.01 MB
15-017 11/30/15 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 15-0171.59 MB
15-016 10/29/15 Status of Omaha Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority as a Public, Private or "Hybrid" Entity 15-0165.65 MB
15-015 10/27/15 Reimbursement of Daily Parking Expenses of Public Service Commissioners While Working at the Commission's Lincoln Office 15-0154.7 MB

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