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
09009	8/17/2009	Increases in judicial compensation authorized by 2009 Neb. Laws LB 414, § 1	09009
09008	4/16/2009	LB 355; Constitutionality Of Exemption To The Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act For Cigar Bars Under Special Legislation And Vagueness Analysis	09008
09007	4/15/2009	Use of income from leases for electricity generation utililzing solar or wind energy and from the sale of carbon offset credits on unsold school lands under the management of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds to increase compensation paid to teachers	09007
09006	4/15/2009	Can the State Foster Care Review Board Delegate Authority to Non-board Members to Visit and Observe Foster Care Facilities? Can the State Foster Care Review Board Create and Implement its own Rules, Regulations and Procedures?	09006
09005	2/9/2009	Scope of Practice for Physical Therapists	09005
09004	2/3/2009	Whether the Board of Parole is Authorized to Place a Special Condition on the Parole of Inmates with Immigration Detainers that the Inmates/Parolees be Returned to the Custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Should They Not be Deported Pursuant to the Detainer	09004
09003	1/27/2009	Whether motor vehicle registrations may be offered on Nebraska.gov, and whether a percentage-based fee may be charged for that service; Authority of the Nebraska State Records Board	09003
09002	1/14/2009	Whether Training and Exercising by Volunteers for Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Are Immune from Liability under the Nebraska Emergency Management Act	09002
09001	1/13/2009	Authority of local political subdivisions to prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns by permitholders under the Concealed Handgun Permit Act	09001
08009	11/16/2008	Whether LB 3 is within the scope of the Governor's call for a special session of the Legislature relating to child abandonment	08009

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09009

8/17/2009

Increases in judicial compensation authorized by 2009 Neb. Laws LB 414, § 1