Attorney General Opinion No. 1981-204 PDF Download

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The ownership by a township of a residence which is provided to the road supervisor is a public purpose, insofar as the supervisor also oversees the equipment, materials and supplies of the township that are kept on the premises, as well as maintaining the township hall. Accordingly, in the event that such residence is damaged or destroyed by fire, the township may issue general obligation bonds following an election approving same, with the proceeds used for repair or reconstruction. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 80-104, K.S.A. 80-113.

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The office of county attorney and city attorney are not incompatible as a matter of law. However, should a situation develop where an attorney holding both offices is confronted by a conflict of interest in representing both municipalities, such offices would be incompatible, and the attorney would be precluded as a matter of law from serving simultaneously in both positions. Attorney General Opinion No. 79-25 is affirmed. A currently serving city attorney is entitled, in the absence of constitutional or statutory provisions to the contrary, to hold over indefinitely until his successor is chosen and has qualified. Pursuant to K.S.A. 15-204, which statute requires the consent of the city council for the appointment of a city attorney in a city of the third class, the conferring or withholding of consent by the council is a discretionary act, and a council member need not state a reason for withholding his or her consent to appointments made by the mayor. Although the wisdom or prudence of any failure to confirm a mayoral appointment is not likely to be "second-guessed" by Kansas courts, an extended pattern of unreasonable rejections of mayoral appointments might constitute bad faith on the part of council members and be grounds for ouster proceedings. Attorney General Opinion No. 79-109 is affirmed. Cited herein: K.S.A. 15-204.

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Through the imposition of fines for unlawful conduct, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 8-1901(d) imposes criminal liability. In addition, subsection (a) of that statute does not appear to violate the United States Constitution's Equal Protection Clause, although it only imposes liability upon a limited class of persons. Moreover, that subsection appears to convey a sufficiently definite warning as to the conduct proscribed therein, so as to avoid being unconstitutionally vague and uncertain. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 8-1901, 8-1909, K.S.A. 8-2116, 8-2204, 21-3105, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 21-4503, U.S. Const., Amend. XIV.

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The common law doctrine of incompatibility of offices precludes one person from simultaneously holding the offices of city councilman and municipal judge in a city of the third class having a mayor-council form of government. Cited herein: K.S.A. 15-204, 15-209.

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Neither the provisions of K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 19-1803, nor the common law doctrine of incompatibility of offices, precludes a person from concurrently serving on the board of trustees of a county hospital and on the board of education of a local school district. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 19-1803.

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L. 1981, Ch. 156 section 2(g) does not require that an inmate convicted of a class A, B or C felony by reason of aiding, Abetting, advising or counseling another to commit a crime, or by reason of the principle provided for in subsection (2) of K.S.A. 21-3205, serve one-half of the minimum term of imprisonment imposed by the court. Rather, the law requires that the inmate serve one-half of the term of imprisonment which would be required had not the aiding, abetting, etc. come into play. Thus, on a class A felony conviction, parole eligibility would occur after seven and one-half years of confinement and on a class B or C felony conviction, parole eligibility would occur after service of one-half of the minimum sentence imposed less good time credits available. Cited herein: L. 1981, Ch. 156.

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To be consistent with requirements of the United States Constitution, the provisions of K.S.A. 72-5393 can, and must, be construed as neither requiring nor authorizing the provision of therapeutic psychological and speech and hearing services, at public expense and by public employees, on parochial school premises. Instead, said provisions must be construed as requiring that such services be provided at the "truly religiously neutral locations" specified in the statute, i.̲e̲.̲, in the public schools of the school district, in public centers, or in mobile units located off the parochial school premises. Cited herein: K.S.A. 72-5392, 73-5393, U.S. Const., Amend. I, XIV.

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A request for notice of public meetings remains valid indefinitely, at least for a reasonable period of time. No written statement is required to withdraw a request for notice, although such written withdrawal would be advisable. No charge may be made for the providing of notice of public meetings. Requests for notice are to be honored regardless of residency of the requester. And the death of the requester permits the governmental unit to cease providing such notice, except where the deceased person had requested notice as a representative of an organization or known individuals. Cited herein: K.S.A. 75-4317, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 45-204, 75-4318.

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A municipal ordinance which increases rates for electricity furnished by a municipal utility may not be applied retroactively, since such action violates federal and state constitutional prohibitions against laws impairing the obligation of contract. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-3007.

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Under the provisions of K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 22-4504 (as amended by L. 1981, ch. 157, sec. 1), the board of supervisors of panels to aid indigent defendants is empowered to adopt rules and regulations concerning the ability of a defendant in a criminal action to retain counsel to assist in his defense. Such rules and regulations specifically relate to the income, assets and anticipated costs of representation of a defendant. Pursuant to the 1981 amendment, such rules and regulations are controlling on any determination by a judge or magistrate as to whether a defendant is financially unable to employ counsel. Moreover, these rules and regulations are adopted in accordance with K.S.A. 77-415 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲., thus allowing the legislature to modify or reject them through the adoption of a concurrent resolution (K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 77-426). Insofar as the making of indigency determinations involves the resolution of questions of fact, which is a judicial and not a legislative function, control by the legislature over such determinations is an impermissible interference with the authority of another department of government. Accordingly, those provisions of L. 1981, ch. 157 which require the submission of such rules and regulations to the legislature and which make any rules and regulations so adopted binding on district courts are unconstitutional as violative of the separation of powers doctrine. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 22-4501, 22-4504 (as amended by L. 1981, ch. 157, section 1), 22-4507, K.S.A. 22-4512, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 22-4514, 77-415 (as amended by L. 1981, ch. 157, section 3), Kansas Constitution, Article 3, Section 1, United States Bill of Rights, Sixth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment.