Category: Attorney General Opinions

Kathryn Piller Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion February 14, 2000 SUBJECT: Implementation of statewide assessment of academic standards by the Nebraska Department of Education. REQUESTED BY: Kathryn Piller Nebraska State Board of Education member WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General Charlotte R. Koranda, Assistant Attorney General This opinion is written in response to your […]

Senator Peter Hoagland Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: April 8, 1981 REQUESTED BY: Senator Peter Hoagland Nebraska State Senator State Capitol Building Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 Dear Senator Hoagland: By letter dated March 23, 1981, you submitted to this office a request for an opinion on the constitutionality of section 19 of LB 253 […]

JOHN A. GALE Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion July 10, 2006 SUBJECT: Facial Unconstitutionality of 2006 Initiative Petitions Related to Gambling REQUESTED BY: John A. Gale, Nebraska Secretary of State WRITTEN BY: Jon Bruning, Attorney General L. Jay Bartel, Assistant Attorney General You have requested our opinion as to whether four initiative petitions related […]

Senator Peter Hoagland Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: May 17, 1983 REQUESTED BY: Senator Peter Hoagland Nebraska State Legislature 1101 State Capitol Lincoln, NE 68509 Dear Senator Hoagland: This letter is in response to your inquiry of May 12, 1983 regarding the amended version of LB 371. The bill, as amended, appears to […]

M. Berri Balka Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: September 10, 1991 SUBJECT: Interpretation of the requirement in Neb.Rev.Stat. § 9-639 (Cum. Supp. 1990) (amended 1991 Neb. Laws, LB 427, § 61) that no licensed manufacturer distributor of lottery equipment or supplies “shall participate in the conduct or operation of any lottery conducted by […]

Senator Newell Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: February 20, 1980 REQUESTED BY: Dear Senator Newell: You have requested from this office an opinion as to whether vacant land in the older parts of urban areas could be declared blighted and/or substandard pursuant to the definitions of substandard and blighted areas contained in LB […]

John E. Knight Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: April 12, 1979 SUBJECT: COUNTY DIVISION OF PUBLIC WELFARE’S DUTY TO PAY SHARE OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS REQUESTED BY: John E. Knight, Director Department of Public Welfare. WRITTEN BY: Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General; Royce N. Harper, Assistant Attorney General. Do the counties have an obligation […]

Senator Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: March 8, 1977 REQUESTED BY: Dear Senator: In your letter of March 3 you refer to a practice of keeping a large portion of the monies paid as a result of the issuance of parking tickets as administrative costs, and ask if labeling a part of these […]

Ray A. C. Johnson Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: October 9, 1980 SUBJECT: INVESTMENT OF FUNDS OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS REQUESTED BY: Ray A. C. Johnson, Auditor of Public Accounts, Lincoln, Nebraska. WRITTEN BY: Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General; Ralph H. Gillan, Assistant Attorney General. May a treasurer of […]

Pam Brown Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: October 28, 2002 SUBJECT: Authority Of The State Treasurer To Implement A Centralized Receipt And Deposit System For State Monies Without Additional Legislation. REQUESTED BY: Senator Pam Brown Nebraska State Legislature WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General Dale A. Comer, Assistant Attorney General In your opinion […]