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
99037	8/16/1999	Constitutionality of LB 452, introduced in the 1999 regular session. Whether it violates the prohibitions regarding the Legislature's binding of future Legislatures, and the incurring of state indebtedness exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate	99037
99034	8/2/1999	State Patrol Access To Audit Reports Filed With The Auditor's Office By County Drug Law Enforcement And Education Fund Boards	99034
99033	7/29/1999	Whether the Department of Health and Human Services Has Authority to Establish a Regulation That Would Allow the Reimbursement to Counties of Unrecovered Costs Associated With the Processing and Disbursement of Child Support Payments Based Upon Insufficient Fund Checks Received From Employers	99033
99032	7/26/1999	1999 Neb. Laws LB 134; whether paid sick leave is available to state employees who are adoptive parents in certain circumstances	99032
99031	7/23/1999	Necessity of Appropriation for Board of Educational Lands and Funds	99031
99028	7/16/1999	LB 835 - COMPETITIVE LIVESTOCK MARKETS ACT. Effective date of contract requirements, and enforcement of livestock fee assessments	99028
99029	7/16/1999	Whether the Office of County Sheriff Can be Declared Vacant if a Sitting County Sheriff Will Not be Certified Within Eight Months of His Taking Office, as Required by Neb. Rev. Stat. 23-1701 .01	99029
99030	7/16/1999	May the Jail Standards Board Waive Physical Plant Standards, or a Portion Thereof, That Were in Effect When a Criminal Detention Facility Was Constructed or Renovated, and Regulate the Facility Under the Specifications of Revised Physical Plant Standards?	99030
99027	6/10/1999	Are Prison Inmates Working for a Private Venture Located at the Nebraska State Penitentiary Considered "Employees" Under the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act?	99027
99026	6/7/1999	Whether Acupuncture is Within the Scope of Practice of Chiropractors	99026

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99037

8/16/1999

Constitutionality of LB 452, introduced in the 1999 regular session. Whether it violates the prohibitions regarding the Legislature's binding of future Legislatures, and the incurring of state indebtedness exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate