Attorney General Opinion No. 1987-025 PDF Download

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Under the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA), K.S.A. 45-215 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲., a record which is made, maintained, kept by, or in the possession of a public agency must be open for inspection by any person unless it falls within one of the categories of records which is not required to be disclosed or disclosure of which is specifically prohibited by statute. K.S.A. 45-217(f)(1); 45-221(a). Records compiled in the process of preventing, detecting or investigating violations of criminal law are not subject to mandatory disclosure. K.S.A. 45-221(a)(10). A "jail book" which lists persons who are placed in jail and contains information of a general nature is not a criminal investigation record and thus must be open for public inspection. The front page of the standard offense report is also subject to disclosure. Mug shots, however, are criminal investigation records which may be closed to the public. Cited herein: K.S.A. 19-1904; K.S.A. 1986 Supp. 22-4701; K.S.A. 38-1601; 38-1608; 45-215; 45-217; 45-221.

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K.S.A. 25-302a requires that the circulator of a petition circulated pursuant to that statute be a registered voter of the county in which the petition is circulated. The statute requires additionally that petitions circulated under K.S.A. 25-302a be examined for sufficiency pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 25-3601 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲. K.S.A. 25-3602(c) states that the circulator of a petition shall be a resident of the political or taxing subdivision in which the election is sought to be held. In that a person may have only one residence under Kansas law, an individual in Kansas is prohibited from claiming simultaneous residence in one county, and voter registration (and thus residence) in another county. Accordingly, in light of these statutory provisions, the circulator of a petition may not collect signatures from residents of other counties even if they sign the petition while in the circulator's county. Cited herein: K.S.A. 25-302a; 25-407; 25-3602; K.S.A. 1986 Supp. 77-201.

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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

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District attorneys and their agents are state employees for purposes of the Kansas Tort Claims Act. Cited herein: K.S.A. 22a-101, 22a-106, 25-2505, 75-6101, 75-6102.

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K.S.A. 12-1789 authorizes the filing of a petition in opposition to the continuation of a business improvement district. The sufficiency of such a petition is to be determined in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 25-3601 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-1781; 12-1789; 25-3601; 25-3602.

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The statutory and regulatory scheme found in K.S.A. 1986 Supp. 55-609(c), 55-711(c) and K.A.R. 82-3-206 imposes an assessment to pay the conservation division expenses and administrative costs. Under this scheme the first purchaser pays the assessment and deducts it from payment of production to producers and royalty owners. Generally, as a matter of federal constitutional law, the federal government and Indian tribes are exempt from state taxation absent congressional consent. In our judgment there is implicit consent to tax the federal government in 30 U.S.C. sections 189 which authorizes a tax against a lessee of the federal government. This federal statute has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court to authorize the tax against the lessee "as if the government were not concerned." There is also congressional authorization to tax the mineral interests of Indian tribes if the interests result from a lease issued to a non-Indian lessee pursuant to the 1924 Act found in 25 U.S.C. sections 398. However, this authorization does not exist in the Indian Mineral Leasing Act of 1938 found in 25 U.S.C. sections 396a. Therefore Indian mineral interests resulting from a lease issued to a non-Indian lessee pursuant to the 1924 Act are not exempt and those pursuant to the 1938 Act are exempt from the statutory and regulatory scheme in question. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1986 Supp. 55-609, 55-711, U.S. Const., Art. IV, sections 3, cl. 2; 30 U.S.C. sections 189, 25 U.S.C. sections 396a; 398.

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Under the provisions of Article 3, section 5 of the Kansas Constitution, no member of the Supreme Court Nominating Commission shall, while he or she is a member, hold any other "public office" by appointment. The term "public office" refers to the common-law concept of a public office, and except where the office of city attorney has been stripped of all prosecutorial and other sovereign power (through the exercise of home rule powers), a city attorney holds a public office. Cited herein: Kan. Const., Article 3, section 5.

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The Mayor's Commission on Governmental Efficiency is subject to the provisions of the Kansas open meetings act as it is a subordinate body of the city's governing body. Discussions concerning consolidation of departments and the addition or elimination of job functions or positions may not be held in executive session under the "personnel matters" exception. Cited herein: K.S.A. 75-4317; K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 75-4318; K.S.A. 75-4319.

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Since it is the client's intent which governs the distinction between privileged and non-privileged communications, a determination of whether or not information exchanged between attorney and client is privileged requires a case-by-case consideration. To ensure compliance with the dictates of Canon 4 of the Code of Professional Responsibility and K.S.A. 60-426, when a supervising agency requests that an attorney release particular client information for enumerative or evaluative purposes, the attorney may either obtain the client's consent to do so, or, if the client refuses, compile the requested data in a less intrusive manner. If, however, the agency requests the data for purposes of determining a client's financial eligibility onto satisfy funding requirements, the exception to the privilege under DR-4-101(C)(4) would apply, making the aforementioned precautions unnecessary. Cited herein: K.S.A. 45-217; 45-221; 60-426; K.S.A. 1986 Supp. 20-3100, Supreme Court Rule No. 225, D.R. 4-101.

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Kansas law provides that a vacancy occurring in the office of county attorney shall be filled by appointment by the governor of a person elected by a district convention held as provided in K.S.A. 25-3902. Although the applicable statutes do not establish a time limit for filling such a vacancy, nor penalties or other provisions for failure to fill a vacancy, such vacancies in public office are to be filled as soon as is reasonable and practicable to avoid leaving the office unoccupied for any extended period. Authority and responsibility for calling a district convention is vested entirely in the county chairman, or alternatively in the county vice-chairman. Consequently, other members of the central committee, as well as registered electors of the county, have no power to force the calling of a convention. Cited herein: K.S.A. 19-715; 25-3901; 25-3902.