Attorney General Opinion No. 1999-021 PDF Download

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The Legislature may, under Article 11, Section 1 of the Kansas Constitution, define the term "public utility" for purposes of property tax classification, as long as the legislative definition remains consistent with the commonly understood meaning of the term. Common definitions of the term "public utility" in 1985 and 1986, the years the Classification Amendment was framed and adopted, generally included characteristics such as provision of an essential service or commodity to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis and having a franchise, eminent domain powers or other ability to acquire and use private property for a public purpose. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 66-104; K.S.A. 79-5a01; Kan. Const., Art. 11, section 1; 1999 H.B. 2400, section 13; L. 1986, Ch. 371, section 1; L. 1983, Ch. 314, section 1; L. 1969, Ch. 434, section 1.

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Proposed 1999 Substitute for Senate Bill No. 80 would create an external review process conducted by qualified and credentialed health care providers to review an adverse decision against a consumer by an insurer under a health insurance plan. The judicial review provisions of the proposed legislation treat the insurer and the insured equally and thus do not offend the Equal Protection Clause or the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Cited herein: U.S. Const., 14th Amend.

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Documents related to an investigation conducted by an attorney for his or her client in order to provide legal advice to the client, may be closed under the Kansas Open Records Act because they are protected by the attorney-client privilege. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 45-217; K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 45-221; 60-226; K.S.A. 60-426.

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The provisions of 1999 Senate Bill No. 288 do not violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Section 11 of the Bill of Rights of the Kansas Constitution, nor do they violate the Equal Protection Clauses of the United States and Kansas Constitutions. Cited herein: 1999 Senate Bill No. 288; Kan. Const., Bill of Rights, sections 1, 2, 11; U.S. Const., Amend. 1, 14.

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A law enforcement officer has no authority to stop a person and make inquiry concerning a possible violation of a regulation of a private homes association unless the officer suspects that such individual has violated or is about to violate a state law or a municipal ordinance. Cited herein: K.S.A. 22-2402; U.S. Const., Amend. XIV.

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K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 12-340 et seq. do not constitute an unlawful delegation of legislative authority because these statutes contain sufficient guidelines and parameters within which the delegated authority is to be exercised. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 12-340; 12-342; 12-343; 12-344; 12-345; 12-346; Kan. Const., Art. 1, section 6; Art. 2, sections 1, 17, 21, 30; Art. 9, section 1; Art. 12, section 5.

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By referring to "such office" in K.S.A. 25-4325, the Legislature intended that the number of signatures required on a petition seeking the recall of a local elected official be based on a percentage of the number of votes cast in the last general election at which an officer was elected from the same member district from which the officer sought to be recalled was elected. In the case of a petition seeking the recall of a city commissioner who was elected at-large in the 1997 general election, the petition must contain signatures equal in number to not less than 40% of the votes cast at the 1999 general election for all at-large candidates for city commissioner divided by the number of persons elected in the 1999 general election to the office of city commissioner for at-large districts. Cited herein: K.S.A. 25-4301; 25-4318; 25-4325; 71-1407; 72-8009; Kan. Const., Art. 4, section 3; L. 1976, Ch. 177, sections 5, 7; L. 1976, Ch. 178, sections 25, 32; L. 1913, Ch. 336, section 1.

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Sheriffs are empowered by K.S.A. 19-805 to appoint deputies for particular purposes. Thus, sheriffs have statutory authority to deputize tribal law enforcement officers to enforce state law within the parameters set by the sheriff. Generally a sheriff is liable for official acts of the sheriff's deputies. However, tribes may agree to waive their immunity for purposes of indemnifying the county or sheriff for any liability incurred as a result of negligent acts of deputized tribal law enforcement officers while acting in an official capacity on behalf of the sheriff. The mechanism for enforcing such an agreement will depend on the terms of the agreement. Cited herein: K.S.A. 19-805; 19-805a; 74-2113; 74-5602; K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 74-9804(c); K.S.A. 75-711; 75-6101; 42 U.S.C. section 1983.

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Absent statutory authority, a court order assessing attorney fees in a child-in-need-of-care action is not a civil judgment that can be enforced by garnishment. Moreover, such order cannot be enforced as a civil judgment unless the Legislature so authorizes. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 22-4513; 38-1511; K.S.A. 38-1593; 60-714; 60-716.

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Subsection (c) of K.S.A. 25-4323 states that no more than one less of a majority of a local governing body may be subject to recall at the same time. The number of members serving on a three-member board who may be subject to recall at the same time is one. A local officer is subject to recall once a petition seeking recall of the officer is properly filed. If a petition seeking recall of one member of a three-member governing body has been filed with the county election officer and the county election officer has determined the petition was properly filed, a petition seeking recall of a second member may not be approved by the county election officer until after the recall election on the first member has been conducted. While a petition seeking recall of a second member of a three-member governing body may not be approved until the recall election on the first member is conducted, the petition may still be circulated. Cited herein: K.S.A. 25-4301; 25-4302, as amended by L. 1999, Ch. 105, section 8; 25-4318; 25-4322, as amended by L. 1999, Ch. 105, section 9; 25-4323; 25-4324, as amended by L. 1999, Ch. 105, section 10; 25-4326; Kan. Const., Art. 4, section 3; L. 1987, Ch. 130, section 1; L. 1978, Ch. 147, sections 2, 6; L. 1976, Ch. 178, section 26.