Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-130

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-130 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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Kansas law does not currently prohibit licensed physicians from performing abortions and, under current court decisions, the state may not prohibit abortions at any stage when the woman's life or health is at risk. The state may suggest guidelines for determining, after viability, when the woman's health is at risk, but the decision in a particular case must be left to the woman's physician. The physician's decision would be reviewable by the courts. Cited herein: K.S.A. 21-3407, 65-443; 65-444; 65-445; K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 65-2837, as amended by L. 1991, ch. 192, section 3.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-130

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-130 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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Kansas law does not currently prohibit licensed physicians from performing abortions and, under current court decisions, the state may not prohibit abortions at any stage when the woman's life or health is at risk. The state may suggest guidelines for determining, after viability, when the woman's health is at risk, but the decision in a particular case must be left to the woman's physician. The physician's decision would be reviewable by the courts. Cited herein: K.S.A. 21-3407, 65-443; 65-444; 65-445; K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 65-2837, as amended by L. 1991, ch. 192, section 3.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-012

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-012 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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K.S.A. 82a-1307 and 82a-1504, authorizing the legislature to disapprove and revoke water transfer decisions by the adoption of a concurrent resolution, violate the separation of powers doctrine and article 2, section 14 of the Kansas constitution. Cited herein: K.S.A. 82a-1305; 82a-1307; 82a-1503; 82a-1504; Kan. Const., Art. 2, section 14.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-049

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-049 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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The legislature intended that the term "noneconomic loss," found in K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 65-34,126 and not otherwise defined, have the meaning commonly accorded it and as defined by case law interpreting generally similar statutes. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 65-34,100; 65-34,102; 65-34,126.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-088

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-088 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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Section 2(b)(10) of chapter 150 of the 1991 Session Laws does not preclude endorsements by a newspaper, the publisher and editor of which is a member of the commission on governmental standards and conduct. Cited herein: L. 1991, ch. 150, section 2.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-024

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-024 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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Enforcement of the governmental ethics act against the employees of interstate agencies by criminal prosecution is not favored by the law. The terms of the interstate compact or agreement take precedence over the unilateral actions of any single member state. Cited Cited [sic] herein: K.S.A. 2-3101; 12-2514; 12-2524; K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 46-247; K.S.A. 46-215, e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲.; 48-2001; 65-34a01; 72-6011; 79-4301; 82a-528; 82a-529; K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 74-8731; U.S. Const., Art. 1, section 10, cl. 3.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-041

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-041 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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K.A.R. 74-5-103 prohibits certified public accountants (CPAs) from paying a commission to obtain a client and from accepting a commission for referring a client to products or services of others. The regulation promulgated pursuant to state authorization is immune from antitrust law challenge under the state action doctrine. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 1-202.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-115

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-115 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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K.S.A. 76-746, the reduced-service program for regents' institutions' faculty members, discriminates against faculty members 65 years of age and older. Since it does not meet the "equal benefit or equal cost" test and is not consistent with the purposes of the age discrimination in employment act (ADEA), it is not excepted from the act pursuant to the older workers benefit protection act and would be found to violate the ADEA. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 74-4925, as amended by L. 1991, ch. 237, section 2; K.S.A. 76-746; K.A.R. 88-12-1; 29 U.S.C. sections 621, 623; 29 C.F.R. section 1625.10.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-059

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-059 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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The legislature is authorized pursuant to article 4, section 3 of the Kansas constitution to prescribe the grounds and procedures for recall of elected public officials. The procedure set forth by the legislature obligates the county or district attorney to determine the sufficiency of the grounds asserted in a petition seeking the recall of a local officer. The county or district attorney does not determine whether the local officer should be subject to recall. Rather, the county or district attorney determines whether the grounds are set forth with sufficient particularity so as to permit the local officer an opportunity to prepare a statement in justification of the officer's conduct in office. Cited herein: K.S.A. 25-4301; K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 25-4302; K.S.A. 25-4312; K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 25-4320; K.S.A. 25-4326; 25-4329; 25-4331; Kan. Const., art. 4, section 3.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-116

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-116 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 46-1101 gives the legislative post auditor access to otherwise confidential or private records; K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 46-1106 requires the post auditor to comply with any "duty of confidentiality imposed by law." The Kansas open records act (KORA), K.S.A. 45-215 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲., requires public records to be disclosed upon request unless a law permits or requires closure of a specific public record. The record in question is a contract which was in part made by a public agency. It therefore meets the definition of a public record, and is subject to the KORA. The only provision we have located that permits or requires closure of the questioned portions of the public record is in the contract itself. Public records may not be closed by contract unless a law permits or requires closure of the specific record. As no such law has been located, with regard to the specific portions of the record in question, it is our opinion that a contractual term attempting to close this information is void as against stated public policy. Such a term must therefore be severed from the otherwise legal portions of the agreement, and disclosure of the questioned portions of the record may occur. Disclosure of other records or matters must be examined on a case by case basis to determine if there is a legal duty to disclose such records or matters. Absent a mandatory disclosure requirement, an agreement not to disclose creates a duty which post audit must respect, pursuant to K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 46-1106 (g). Cited herein: K.S.A. 45-215; 45-216; 45-217; K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 45-221, as amended by L. 1991, ch. 149, section 12; K.S.A. 46-1101; K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 46-1106; 46-1108; 46-1114.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-140

Attorney General Opinion No. 1991-140 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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Upon recording of the viewers' report, survey and plat, a county road is regarded as established. By contrast, such a road is considered opened when the way is unenclosed and unobstructed; when it is minimally traveled; or when it is available or put in condition for public use. The 1879 non-user statute may have applicability to an established road which was not opened prior to the repeal of that statute. Mandamus does not lie to control a township board's exercise of discretion to open or to maintain a road in the absence of obstruction of duty, fraud, bad faith or gross impropriety. Neither the doctrine of abandonment nor of adverse possession generally has applicability to property established for use as a public road. The board of county commissioners are empowered to vacate any county or township road within their county by following statutory procedure. Cited herein: K.S.A. 68-102; 68-102a; 68-106; 68-115; 68-117; 68-124; K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 68-506; K.S.A. 68-518c; 68-526; 68-527; 68-527a; 68-530; 68-701; L. 1874, ch. 108, section 6; L. 1879, ch. 150, section 1.