Attorney General Opinion No. 1987-065 PDF Download

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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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A financing statement filed with the Secretary of State, pursuant to K.S.A. 1985 Supp. 84-9-410, must be accompanied by a copy of the most recent effective prior financing statement, and any amendments, on file with the Register of Deeds. Also required is a statement that the prior financing statement is still effective. Such transitional filing statement may not be filed if not accompanied by these supporting documents. Cited herein: K.S.A. 84-1-401; K.S.A. 1985 Supp. 84-9-410.

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The mere fact that two members of a five-member city council in a city of the third class are married to each other does not violate the open meetings law or any other Kansas statute. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-3002; 13-2903; 15-101; 15-106; 15-201; 15-209; 75-4317; 75-4317a; K.S.A. 1986 Supp. 75-4318.

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K.S.A. 20-105 provides that to be qualified to hold the office of justice of the supreme court or judge of the court of appeals, a person must have been regularly admitted to practice law in Kansas and have engaged in the active and continuous practice of law for a period of at least ten years prior to the date of appointment as justice or judge. Though the strict definition of "active practice" would require that the legal activities of the person in question be pursued on a full-time basis and constitute his regular business, the general rule that statutory provisions imposing qualifications for office should be construed in favor of those seeking to hold office would serve to soften this requirement. Thus, a potential nominee need not be a full-time trial attorney to be considered as actively engaged in the practice of law, and is not automatically disqualified merely for holding a position which does not require legal expertise. Cited herein: K.S.A. 20-105; 20-3002; K.S.A. 1986 Supp. 22-3707.

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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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The intent of L. 1987, ch. 215 is to encourage individuals to serve as volunteers for certain nonprofit organizations by granting to the volunteer immunity from liability for negligent acts or omissions. There are limitations to this immunity. For the act to apply, the organization must carry general liability insurance which will pay on behalf of the insured when an individual suffers loss for which the insured is liable. The exact amount and type of insurance required is to be determined in light of the exposure to liability which arises out of the organization's activities. Cited herein: L. 1987, ch. 215, sec. 1 (to be codified at K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 60-3601).

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"You have requested an opinion from this office interpreting the phrase, "when provision has been made for payment by the issuance of bonds as provided by law," as it is employed in K.S.A. 1974 Supp. 10-1116. This phrase prescribes a qualification for an exemption to the cash basis law."

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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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Service of process is a condition precedent to an employee's request for the provision of defense counsel by a governmental entity, unless such condition is waived. If, after the employee has been served, the entity lawfully refuses to provide for such defense, and if the request was made in accordance with the statute, then the entity must reimburse the employee for attorney expenses incurred as a result of the retention of private counsel. Absent service of process, timely request for, and proper refusal of providing legal defense counsel, no right is conferred on the employee to retain private counsel at the expense of the governmental entity. Cited herein: K.S.A. 75-6103, 75-6108, 75-6109.

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Written instruments representing liens arising pursuant to the provisions of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.S. section 9601 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲., or ERISA, 29 U.S.C.S. section 1001 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲., which are properly proved or acknowledged and certified are entitled to recording by the register of deeds in the county in which the real property affected by the instrument is located. Such instruments which do not meet these initial filing requirements should be filed in the office of the clerk of the United States District Court for the district in which the real property is located. The filing fees prescribed by K.S.A. 28-115 are appropriate for the filing of such instruments, and the instruments should be filed so as to provide notice to third parties. Cited herein: K.S.A. 28-115; 58-2221; 79-2601; 79-2607; 79-2608; 26 U.S.C.S. section 6323; 29 U.S.C.S. sections 1001, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1368; 42 U.S.C.S. sections 9601, 9607.