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Latest Opinions
| AG Opinion | Issued On |
|---|---|
| AGO 2024-3 County election officers may constitutionally prohibit electioneering on private property within 250 feet of a polling place on election day. Cited herein: K.S.A. 21-6602; 21-6611; 25-2430; 25-2435 |
March 04, 2024 |
| AGO 2024-002 The Transient Guest Tax Act is a nonuniform act. As such, a county may exempt itself from provisions of the Act under its home-rule powers through a charter ordinance or resolution. Sherman County's... |
March 04, 2024 |
| AGO 2024-001 | January 11, 2024 |
| 2023-13 Election officials conducting postelection audits must review the official paper ballots identified in K.S.A. 25-2912 rather than printed ballot images. |
December 19, 2023 |
| 2023-12 "Dispose of" (and like phrases) in 2023 House Sub. for S.B. 113, sections 4 and 11 (to be codified at K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-1439 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3216(d)) means to deal with conclusively, give... |
December 11, 2023 |
| 2023-11 A register of deeds cannot require a submitting land surveyor to certify that a survey complies with all zoning ordinances and regulations. Cited herein: K.S.A. 19-1434; 58-2005. |
November 07, 2023 |
| 2023-10 Members of a public body may exclude other members of the body who have threatened litigation against the body from an executive session held to consult with the body's attorney about the potential l... |
October 18, 2023 |
| 2023-009 If an election recount requestor asks for a hand count of the original paper ballots, the recount must be conducted in that manner and not by using ballot images instead. Cited herein: K.S.A. 25-2912... |
September 27, 2023 |
| 2023-008 K.S.A. 79-2988(b)(2)'s use of "shall" is mandatory. As a result, a governing body of a taxing subdivision may not levy a tax rate in excess of the revenue neutral rate where the county clerk fails to... |
September 07, 2023 |
| 2023-007 A certificate of deposit qualifies as an individual savings account that may be designated as a first-time home buyers savings account under K.S.A. 58-4903. Although neither a savings account nor a c... |
September 01, 2023 |
| 2023-006 The State Banking Code requires the Bank Commissioner to report criminal violations of the Banking Code to the county or district attorney of the county in which the bank or trust company is located.... |
August 03, 2023 |
| 2023-005 K.S.A. 12-1651(a) requires second and third class cities to designate an official city newspaper for the publishing of official city business, provided the newspaper meets the qualifications set fort... |
July 26, 2023 |
| 2023-004 K.S.A. 74-5609a(b) requires that a city which employs a law enforcement officer within one year after the completion of that officer's training reimburse the city that paid for the officer's training... |
July 20, 2023 |
| 2023-003 The Kansas Automobile Insurance Plan and Kansas Automobile Assigned Claims Plan are subject to the Kansas Open Records Act and the Kansas Open Meetings Act. Cited herein: K.S.A. 9-701; 21-6005; 40-2... |
June 27, 2023 |
| 2023-002 SB 180, in conjunction with K.S.A. 8-243(a), requires that driver's licenses issued by the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) list the licensee's biological sex at birth. If KDOR knows that the sex... |
June 26, 2023 |
| 2023-001 Holders of groundwater rights may establish either a multi-year flex account or place their water in a safe deposit account in a water bank, but not both. Cited herein: K.S.A. 82a-736; 82a-761; 82a-... |
January 06, 2023 |
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