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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
99037	08/16/99	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	990371.56 MB
99035	08/16/99	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1501 (Cum. Supp. 1998); Is a member of the Omaha City Council an employee of a political subdivision for purposes of membership on the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Board?	99035775.54 KB
99036	08/16/99	Application of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-177 to licensed premises near newly-located churches	99036594.86 KB
99034	08/02/99	State Patrol Access To Audit Reports Filed With The Auditor's Office By County Drug Law Enforcement And Education Fund Boards	990341.71 MB
99033	07/29/99	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	99033751.87 KB
99032	07/26/99	1999 Neb. Laws LB 134; whether paid sick leave is available to state employees who are adoptive parents in certain circumstances	990321.17 MB
99031	07/23/99	Necessity of Appropriation for Board of Educational Lands and Funds	99031883.01 KB
99030	07/16/99	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?	990301.6 MB
99028	07/16/99	LB 835 - COMPETITIVE LIVESTOCK MARKETS ACT. Effective date of contract requirements, and enforcement of livestock fee assessments	990281.19 MB
99029	07/16/99	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	99029721.09 KB

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Date

Title

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99037

08/16/99

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

990371.56 MB

99035

08/16/99

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1501 (Cum. Supp. 1998); Is a member of the Omaha City Council an employee of a political subdivision for purposes of membership on the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Board?

99035775.54 KB