Category: Attorney General Opinions

Senator Vard Johnson Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: January 29, 1981 REQUESTED BY: Senator Vard Johnson Nebraska State Legislature State Capitol Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 Dear Senator: By letter dated January 20, 1981, you requested an opinion of this office on the constitutionality of proposed legislation concerning real estate practices. Essentially, the legislation would […]

Senator Dave Newell Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: February 24, 1981 REQUESTED BY: Senator Dave Newell State Capitol Lincoln, NE 68509 Dear Senator Newell: In your letter of February 5, 1981, you direct our attention to Neb.Rev.Stat. § 14-1021 (Reissue 1977) and indicate that you may be desirous of introducing legislation to amend […]

Carol McBride Pirsch Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: January 11, 1994 SUBJECT: Victims’ Rights REQUESTED BY: Carol McBride Pirsch, State Senator, District 10 WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General Laurie Smith Camp, Assistant Attorney General You have inquired whether the victims’ rights set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1848 and 81-1850 (Cum. […]

Lawrence Myers Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: October 18, 1993 SUBJECT: The Authority of the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission to Issue Default Judgments REQUESTED BY: Lawrence Myers, Executive Director, Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General Alfonza Whitaker, Assistant Attorney General Whether the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission under the Act […]

Tom Baker Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: April 11, 2003 SUBJECT: Changing the Boundaries of Community College Areas REQUESTED BY: Senator Tom Baker Nebraska State Legislature WRITTEN BY: Jon Bruning, Attorney General Lynn A. Melson, Assistant Attorney General You have requested the opinion of this office regarding the constitutionality of potential legislation to […]

Senator Ed Schrock Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion April 26, 1999 SUBJECT: Amendment to LB 605 to provide for use of Ethanol Production Incentive Cash Fund for ethanol promotion and travel by the Governor to promote use of ethanol REQUESTED BY: Senator Ed Schrock WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General Steve Grasz, Deputy Attorney […]

Senator Tom Vickers Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: December 30, 1982 REQUESTED BY: Senator Tom Vickers Member of the Legislature State Capitol Building Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 Dear Senator: This is in reply to your inquiry concerning proposed amendments to the Weed Eradication and Control Act. Specifically you have asked how far a local […]

Senator Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: June 28, 1978 REQUESTED BY: Dear Senator: You have requested our opinion as to whether or not L.B. 1 and L.B. 5, Eighty-fifth Legislature, First Special Session 1978, could both be enacted without resulting in conflict. L.B. 1 establishes a seven percent limitation on political subdivisions of […]

DAVE HEINEMAN Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion October 20, 2006 SUBJECT: Nebraska’s Ability to Withdraw from Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement REQUESTED BY: Dave Heineman, Governor, State of Nebraska WRITTEN BY: David D. Cookson, Special Counsel to the Nebraska Attorney General You have requested our opinion regarding the proposed Platte River Cooperative […]

Senator Rex Haberman Attorney General of Nebraska — Opinion DATE: February 17, 1981 REQUESTED BY: Senator Rex Haberman Member of the Legislature State Capitol Building Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 Dear Senator Haberman: In your letter of February 11, 1981, you ask for our opinion as to whether the Legislature exercises an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority […]