Nebraska Attorney General Opinions

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-013: Benetton Compensation to Death Row Inmate

Feb 28, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-012: LB 908-Unionization of Supreme Court Employees

Feb 14, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-011: Constitutionality of LB 729; Testing the legal sufficiency of initiative and referendum measures prior to their submission to the voters of Nebraska

Feb 14, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-010: Implementation of statewide assessment of academic standards by the Nebraska Department of Education

Feb 14, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-008: Neb. Rev. Stat. §54-2404(3)(c)(1999 Supp.); Authority of Department of Environmental Quality to Deny or Restrict Livestock Waste Control Facility Permits to Protect Cold Water Class A Streams

Feb 11, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-007: LB 1415; Associational Rights Of Charitable And Fraternal Organizations Under The First Amendment To The United States Constitution

Feb 11, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-006: Legality of a statutory ban on the use of tissue and organs from aborted human infants for research and experimentation

Feb 2, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-005: The Nebraska State Insurance Program, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 84-1601 through 84-1617 (1999); Legality Of The Current Practice Whereby The State Pays The Entire Cost Of Health Insurance Coverage For Married Couples When Both Spouses Are State Employees

Jan 19, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-004: Preemption Date for Federal "Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999" over "Nebraska Competitive Livestock Markets Act"; Delayed Implementation of "Nebraska Competitive Livestock Markets Act"

Jan 13, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-003: Open Enro llment for Medicare Supplemental Insurance

Jan 10, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-002: 1999 Neb. Laws LB 637; Potential Legal Impediments To The Operation Of A Centralized Collection And Disbursement System For Child Support Payments By The Nebraska State Treasurer

Jan 5, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 00-001: Constitutionality of Proposed Legislation Authorizing the Prosecution of Traffic Light Signal Violations Based on Intersection Cameras

Jan 3, 2000

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-052: Necessity For An Increase In The State Treasurer's Appropriation Authority If The State Treasurer Is To Operate A New Centralized Collection And Disbursement System For Child Support Payments

Dec 8, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-051: Federal Pre-emption of Competitive Livestock Markets Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-2601 et. seq., and Effects Upon the Department of Agriculture's Duties and Responsibilities

Dec 3, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-050: Is a federal government employees' credit union a place of "public accommodation" within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-133? Does the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission have jurisdiction to investigate a complaint against a federally owned credit union?

Nov 24, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-049: DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Perpetrators Act

Nov 24, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-048: Proposed amendment to LB 523, the Nurse Licensure Compact

Nov 17, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-047: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1 325 (Cum. Supp. 1998); Application Of Statutory Provisions Pertaining To Sick Leave For State Employees To Members Of Boards And Commissions; Whether State Employees May Collect Portions Of Their Unused Sick Leave Benefits Upon Retirement On Multiple Occasions

Nov 15, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-046: Whether the Department of Education's contested case hearings under the Administrative Procedure Act are subject to the requirements of the Public Meetings statutes

Nov 15, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-045: Whether the original railroad right-of-way that is now used for the MoPac hiker-biker trail is "railbanked" under federal law

Oct 20, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-044: Collection of Delinquent Taxes on Mobile Homes or Improvements Located on Leased Land

Oct 7, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-043: Taxation of Motor Vehicles of Active Duty Military Personnel Stationed in Nebraska

Sep 29, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-042: Whether the Department of Correctional Services' Interpretation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1,107(1)(b) Regarding an Inmate's Intentional Failure to Comply with The Department-approved Personalized Program Plan Is Within the Meaning of § 83-1,107(1)(b)

Sep 28, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-041: Whether volunteer firefighters are entitled to benefits under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-115(3), if they incur injuries while responding to a call, but before they have vacated the premises where they received the call

Sep 20, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-040: The Statutory Authority of the Commission on Indian Affairs and the Nebraska State Historical Society to Act Under the Nebraska Unmarked Burial Sites Act and Skeletal Remains Protection Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 12-1201 through 12-1212 (1997) When Presented with Information that Local Political Subdivisions Have Approved of Changes in Zoning, Land Use or Subdivision Development on Areas that Are Known or Have an Extremely High Potential to Possess Unmarked Burial Sites

Aug 25, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-039: Whether Filing Fees Due Counties Under Portions Of The Uniform Commercial Code Should Be Remitted To County Clerks And Registers Of Deeds Or To County Treasurers

Aug 25, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-038: Authority of the Vacant Building and Excess Land Committee to Approve the Grant of Utility Easements to Political Subdivisions or Their Contractors

Aug 23, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-037: 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

Aug 16, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-036: Application of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-177 to licensed premises near newly-located churches

Aug 16, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-035: 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?

Aug 16, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-034: State Patrol Access To Audit Reports Filed With The Auditor's Office By County Drug Law Enforcement And Education Fund Boards

Aug 2, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-033: 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

Jul 29, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-032: 1999 Neb. Laws LB 134; whether paid sick leave is available to state employees who are adoptive parents in certain circumstances

Jul 26, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-031: Necessity of Appropriation for Board of Educational Lands and Funds

Jul 23, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-030: 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?

Jul 16, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-029: 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

Jul 16, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-028: LB 835 - COMPETITIVE LIVESTOCK MARKETS ACT. Effective date of contract requirements, and enforcement of livestock fee assessments

Jul 16, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-027: Are Prison Inmates Working for a Private Venture Located at the Nebraska State Penitentiary Considered "Employees" Under the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act?

Jun 10, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-026: Whether Acupuncture is Within the Scope of Practice of Chiropractors

Jun 7, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-025: Constitutionality of a legislative moratorium on the execution of judicially imposed death sentences

May 24, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-024: Poultry Processing Plants - Electrical Inspection

May 17, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-023: Whether the Arts and Humanities Focus Program of Lincoln Public Schools is a "school" within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-177 or Commission Rule 237-LCC2-012.01

May 13, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-022: Powers of the Director of the Department of Roads with respect to speed limits, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6, 190 (Cum. Supp. 1996)

May 10, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-021: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1344( 4) - Calculation of ethanol production credits

May 6, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-020: Constitutionality Of LB 729; Whether Having The Secretary Of State Make Determinations As To The Constitutionality And Legality Of Initiative And Referendum Measures At The Beginning Of The Petition Process Violates The Nebraska Constitution

May 5, 1999

Attorney General Opinion No. 99-019: Whether separate odometer statements can continue to be used by dealers under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-135 (1998)

May 3, 1999