Attorney General Opinion No. 1995-014 PDF Download

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An administrative agency's interpretation of a regulation must be consistent with the language found in the regulation and with the statutes the regulation implements. Whether an agency's interpretation is enforceable depends on the facts and is determined on a case by case basis. Cited herein: K.S.A. 74-5813; 77-415; K.A.R. 67-2-4.

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Memoranda written by school board staff and wherein opinions are expressed or policies and actions are proposed are not public records which must mandatorily be disclosed unless such memoranda are publicly cited or identified in an open meeting or in an agenda to an open meeting. Such citation or identification subjects the memoranda to mandatory disclosure, unless otherwise specifically prohibited by law. However, even if such citation or identification does not occur, unless information contained in the memoranda is specifically prohibited or restricted from disclosure by federal law, state statute or rule of the Kansas supreme court, it may nevertheless be discretionarily disclosed by the public agency. Cited herein: 20 U.S.C. section 1232g; K.S.A. 45-215; K.S.A. 1989 Supp. 45-221; K.S.A. 72-9005.

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K.S.A. 75-4318 requires that actual notice of regular and special meetings subject to the Kansas open meetings act (KOMA) be individually provided to those persons requesting such notice. If there is no intent to subvert the KOMA, a meeting subject to that act may be adjourned, recessed or continued to another date, time or place. In our opinion, the notice requirements and intent of the KOMA are violated by giving notice that a meeting will begin on one day and then subsequently continuing that meeting to another day without making a good faith attempt to provide notice of the new date, time and place to those requesting notice. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-510b; 12-520a; 12-641; 12-749; 12-756; 12-1772; 13-1410; 14-111; 15-106; 15-123; 19-2646; 19-27,186; 75-4317; K.S.A. 1995 Supp. 75-4317a; K.S.A. 75-4318; 75-4319.

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Public fund depository laws precluding the state and its municipalities from placing their funds in branches of national banks that do not have home offices in Kansas do not violate the commerce clause, the supremacy clause or the equal protection clause of the United States constitution. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 9-1111, as amended by L. 1995, ch. 79, sec. 15; K.S.A. 9-1401, K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 12-1675, 75-4201; 75-4205; 75-4208; 75-4209, as amended by L. 1995, ch. 194, sec. 2; 12 U.S.C. secs. 30, 36, 1831, 1831u, 1842; U.S. Const., art. I, sec. 8; art. VI; 14th amend.

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While recognizing the importance of requiring licensure and regulation by the state of those who wish to practice law here, and the Kansas Supreme Court's inherent authority to require such licensure and regulation, due to the fact that the activities in question are occurring within a federal enclave and based on the supremacy clause, in our opinion attorneys acting under the authority of the United States army legal assistance program may counsel and assist pro se military clients with the preparation of necessary documents to be filed in Kansas courts in specified civil proceedings without obtaining a license to practice in the state of Kansas. Cited herein: 10 U.S.C. section 1044; U.S. Const., art. VI, cl. 2.

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Except to the extent the duration of a term of public office is specified or limited by the Kansas constitution, the legislature may constitutionally alter the term, even if the effect is to cut short the unexpired term of an incumbent officer. A person appointed to public office has no vested property or liberty interest in holding the office. Nor does an incumbent have a contract right to hold the office for the duration of the original fixed term. Cited herein: Kan. const. art. 2, section 18, art. 6, sections 2, 3, art. 15, secs. 1, 2; K.S.A. 74-3201, as amended by L. 1995, ch. 241, section 12; K.S.A. 75-4315b; L. 1995, ch. 241.

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The "governor's cabinet" has evolved through custom and tradition loosely patterned after the United States president's cabinet. Each member of the president's cabinet has a constitutional duty to provide opinions as the principal officer of an executive department when required by the president. U.S. const., art. II, section 2. There is a similar provision in the Kansas constitution. As such, cabinet members serve as advisors to the governor. The members of the current governor's cabinet include the secretaries of various state departments who are appointed by the governor subject to the confirmation of the senate and serve at the pleasure of the governor. In our opinion, the legislature may require that the secretary of the board of agriculture serve as a member of the governor's cabinet because as a member of the executive department she is already subject to the governor's request for information regarding her duties. Cited herein: K.S.A. 32-801; 74-5002; K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 75-3702; 75-5001; 75-5101; 75-5203; 75-5301; 75-5601; 75-5701; 75-5903. Kan. Const., art. 1, section 1; Kan. Const., art. 1, section 4; Kan. Const., art. 15, section 1; U.S. Const., Art. II, section 2.

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The United States government has exclusive jurisdiction over crimes committed on Fort Leavenworth property, which may be exercised in investigating child abuse pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 13. Local governmental officials may enter into an agreement with it authorizing concurrent jurisdiction in matters of police protection. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-2904; 27-101; 27-102; 27-104; 18 U.S.C. section 13.

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Pursuant to K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 19-101a(20), counties may not exempt or change the provisions contained in K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 19-211. Pertinent language of Attorney General Opinion No. 87-164 is amended so as to be consistent with this rule. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 19-101a(20); 19-211.

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A city may barricade a portion of a street without infringing upon certain property owners' rights of access if such property owners continue to have access to streets that abut their property.