Attorney General Opinion No. 1983-131 PDF Download

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A newspaper may refuse to accept for publication any advertisement which is presented to it without a violation of the First or Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, except in those situations where a clear restraint of trade results or some other protected right is infringed. A newspaper may accordingly refuse to publish any individual advertisement or class of advertisements for businesses such as massage parlors. Should such advertisements be accepted for publication, a newspaper would not be engaging in any activity which is included in the criminal offense of promoting prostitution (K.S.A. 21-3513), which, as a penal statute, must be narrowly construed. Cited herein: K.S.A. 21-3513, U.S. Const., Amend. I, and Amend. XIV.

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K.S.A. 41-2623(e) requires that all the members of a partnership be individually qualified to obtain a license before the partnership itself can secure a license. However, subsection (f) of the same statute exempts stockholders of a corporation who own 5% or less of the corporate stock from any requirements. In that the limited partners of a partnership organized under K.S.A. 56-122 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲. (the Kansas Limited Partnership Act) have the attributes of shareholders in a corporation rather than partners in a general partnership, the requirements of subsection (f) of K.S.A. 41-2623 should be applied as to such partners in the granting of a license to a limited partnership. Cited herein: K.S.A. 41-2623, 56-125, 56-126, 56-128, 56-131.

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The constraints imposed by Article 11, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas preclude the use of proceeds from the tax levies authorized by K.S.A. 2-131b and 19-1561 to fund the operations of a county fair association established and operating pursuant to K.S.A. 2-125 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲. Cited herein: K.S.A. 2-125, 2-129, 2-129c, 2-129e, 2-129g, 2-131b, 2-132, 19-1561.

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Criminal pretrial proceedings must be conducted in the county of venue unless the governing statute specifically permits the proceeding to be conducted in another county. A pretrial proceeding conducted in a county other than the county of venue, without specific statutory authorization therefor, unless waived, is void for lack of jurisdiction. Cited herein: K.S.A. 22-2901, K.S.A. 22-2902, Kan. Const., Bill of Rights section 10.

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Utility services such as electricity, gas and water, provided solely by municipally owned or public utilities to their customers, are constitutionally protected property rights which cannot be terminated unless due process procedures of notice and the opportunity to be heard have been met. Cited herein: Fourteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution.

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Pursuant to the State Water Plan Storage Act, K.S.A. 82a-1301 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲., the Kansas Water Resources Board and its successor, the Kansas Water Office, are empowered to enter into contracts for the withdrawal and use of waters held in storage by the state. Waters so withdrawn and used by a purchaser are subject to a charge fixed by the respective state agency not less than 5 cents nor more than 10 cents per one thousand gallons of water. Such contracts, which may have a term of up to 40 years, must contain a provision by which such charges are reviewed at least every ten years, although the parties to the contract can agree to a more frequent review. Although the Water Office may establish on an annual basis the rate used for all contracts entered into during that year (K.S.A. 82a-1308), such rate may not be altered thereafter, except as provided by the contract. Accordingly, the provisions of 1983 Senate Bill No. 61 which provide for annual adjustments of the water charge may not be applied to contracts entered into and approved by the legislature prior to the effective date of the bill. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1982 Supp. 74-2615, K.S.A. 82a-1305, 82a-1306, 82a-1308, 82a-1316, 1983 Senate Bill No. 61.

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County attorneys must maintain an office at the seat of justice, unless otherwise provided by law or the board of county commissioners. Cited herein: K.S.A. 19-2601.

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For purposes of civil proceedings under the Code for Care of Children, the legislature defined types of behavior which would constitute sexual abuse by reference to sex offenses in the criminal code, however, it did not thereby intend to adopt a criminal definition of sexual abuse. Thus, while certain acts described as sex offenses in the criminal statutes may not be punishable crimes if committed with a child age 16 years or older; those same acts may constitute abuse of that child under the definition of that term in the Code for Care of Children. Cited herein: K.S.A. 21-3501, 21-3503, 21-3504 as amended by L. 1983, ch. 109; 21-3509, 21-3510, 21-3511, 21-3516, K.S.A. 1982 Supp. 38-1502 as amended by L. 1983, ch. 140, 42 U.S.C. sections 5102, 5104, 45 C.F.R. section 1340.2, 1340.14, 48 Fed. Reg. 3698 (January 26, 1983).

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The Kansas Water Office, as the successor to the authority of the Kansas Water Resources Board, may enter into agreements with the federal government by which water may be held in storage by the state in projects constructed by agencies of the federal government. As provided by K.S.A. 1982 Supp. 82a-934, such agreements are binding upon the state to the extent that future appropriations are made in support thereof. While no applicable sections of the Kansas Constitution limit the period of time an appropriation may extend, K.S.A. 46-155 imposes a limit of at most four years for capitol improvement appropriations. As no exception has been made for water storage agreements, the Kansas Water Office is without authority to make agreements which do not contain the limiting language provided by K.S.A. 1982 Supp. 82a-934. However, as this statute does authorize the Water Office to reimburse the federal government for damages resulting from the use of, or a release from, water storage, it may agree to language which states this in a contract. Cited herein: K.S.A. 40-3405, 46-155, K.S.A. 1982 Supp. 75-4704b, 82a-934, Kan. Const., Art. 2, section 24, Art. 11, sections 6,7,9, 42 U.S.C.A. section 1962d-5b.

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Section 4(d) of 1983 House Bill No. 2327 (L. 1983, ch. 171), the new Kansas Open Records Act, provides that each request for access shall be acted upon as soon as possible, but not later than three business days following receipt of the request. Only if the request cannot be met within this time must the custodian of the records provide an explanation of the cause for further delay. In addition, the phrases "provide access to" and "permit inspection of" are used interchangeably throughout the bill, and may accordingly be treated as synonymous for purposes of interpretation. Both phrases concern the right of the public to examine public records, and so are different than the right to make copies. Cited herein: L. 1983, Ch. 171.