Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-111

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-111 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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The common law doctrine of incompatibility of offices may be utilized to scrutinize the propriety of one person simultaneously being a public officer and public employee, where such person is compensated for both positions from public funds. Application of such doctrine to the situation where an individual is a county commissioner and simultaneously an employee of the county creates an incompatibility in the functions and duties of such positions. Therefore, a county employee, serving as a parttime sewer inspector, may not simultaneously serve as a county commissioner of the county by which he is employed. There is an inherent functional incompatibility between the two positions because the prospective county commissioner would be in a position to, in̲t̲e̲r̲ a̲l̲i̲a̲, determine the rate of compensation and supervise his own work as a sewer inspector. Cited herein: K.S.A. 19-205.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-111

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-111 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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The common law doctrine of incompatibility of offices may be utilized to scrutinize the propriety of one person simultaneously being a public officer and public employee, where such person is compensated for both positions from public funds. Application of such doctrine to the situation where an individual is a county commissioner and simultaneously an employee of the county creates an incompatibility in the functions and duties of such positions. Therefore, a county employee, serving as a parttime sewer inspector, may not simultaneously serve as a county commissioner of the county by which he is employed. There is an inherent functional incompatibility between the two positions because the prospective county commissioner would be in a position to, in̲t̲e̲r̲ a̲l̲i̲a̲, determine the rate of compensation and supervise his own work as a sewer inspector. Cited herein: K.S.A. 19-205.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-211

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-211 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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Where a special meeting of the council of a city of the second class is held, at which the mayor and all members of the council are present and participate in all matters coming before the council for consideration, the preliminary requirements of K.S.A. 14-111, relating to written request and formal call for such meeting, are waived, and the special meeting, and actions taken thereat, are legal despite the failure to observe such preliminary requirements. In the absence of a charter ordinance providing otherwise, the mayor of a council city is not authorized to veto motions or resolutions adopted by a majority of the council members. A memorandum of agreement between a recognized employee organization and a city subject to the provisions of the Kansas Public Employer-Employee Relations Act must be implemented by the adoption of an ordinance by the city governing body. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-3003, 14-111, 15-106, 75-4321, 75-4322, 75-4331, 75-4337.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-171

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-171 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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Neither K.S.A. 12-1222 nor the common law doctrine of incompatibility of offices precludes a person from simultaneously being the county register of deeds and a member of a city's library board. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-1218 and 12-1222.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-169

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-169 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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As amended by L. 1982, ch. 144, K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1567 contains new provisions for the sentencing of persons who are convicted of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Additionally, the act amends K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1001 to admit into evidence the defendant's refusal to take a chemical test for the presence of alcohol. While the act does not specifically provide that these changes will apply only to offenses committed after its effective date of July 1, 1982, such a result is necessary in view of the substantive, as opposed to merely procedural, nature of these two amendments. Accordingly, the above-referenced amendments are applicable only to offenses committed after the effective date of the act. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1001, 8-1567, both as amended by L. 1982, ch. 144, K.S.A. 21-3102, 22-4618.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-152

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-152 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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As amended by 1982 Senate Bill No. 699, K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1567 provides [at subsection (n)] that a city may enact an ordinance which prohibits or makes unlawful the same acts as are dealt with by the statute, provided that the ordinance's minimum penalties are the same as the statutes for any given violation, and the ordinance's maximum penalty does not exceed that of the statute. Apart from these limits, K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1567 as amended does not preempt a city from taking action in this area. As amended by 1982 Senate Bill No. 699, K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1567(c), (d) and (e) prohibit a prosecuting attorney from entering into any plea-bargaining agreement by which a defendant enters a guilty or no contest plea to a lesser offense than that originally charged. While no sanctions against such conduct exist under the statute, provisions of the general ouster law could be applied against prosecuting attorneys who violate the prohibition against plea-bargaining. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1567, as amended by 1982 Senate Bill No. 699, K.S.A. 22-2907, 22-2908.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-183

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-183 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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As amended by L. 1982, ch. 144, section 5, K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1567 provides that a person convicted of a violation of the offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol may be required to perform public or community service work as an alternative to incarceration or payment of a fine. In assigning the work to be performed, a judge or court services division would be exercising judicial and discretionary functions, respectively, and would be exempt from liability under the Tort Claims Act, K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 75-6101 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲. However, as noted by Attorney General Opinion Nos. 81-98 and 82-157, the recipient organization (including local governments and non-profit corporations) may be liable for injuries and damages inflicted or suffered by persons acting within the scope of their designated community service duties. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1567 (as amended by L. 1982, ch. 144, section 5), K.S.A. 21-4610, K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 75-6102, 75-6104.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-153

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-153 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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During the 1982 session of the Legislature, both Senate Bill Nos. 559 and 595 were enacted into law. As each of the two measures contains a section amending K.S.A. 16a-2-401, they should, if possible, be considered together in order to give effect to both. In that they alter different subsections of the statute, the two measures are not in conflict. Even though the changes made by S.B. No. 595 are not reflected in S.B. No. 559, K.S.A. 16a-2-401 may be read to include the changes made by both acts. Cited herein: K.S.A. 16a-2-201, 16a-2-401, 1982 Senate Bill No. 559, 1982 Senate Bill No. 595.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-175

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-175 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1567(c), as amended by section 5 of Senate Bill No. 699, establishes penalties for persons convicted of their first violation of the statute. Prior to the 1982 amendment, the subsection authorized a court to punish first time violators by imposing a specified jail sentence or a specified fine, "or by both such fine and imprisonment." In the amended statute, the word "and" replaces the word "or" between the term of imprisonment and the amount of the fine, although the phrase "or by both such fine and imprisonment" is retained. In that the intent of the legislature in altering the disjunctive "or" to the conjunctive "and" was to require both forms of punishment, the additional phrase allowing such is now mere verbiage, and adds nothing to the statute. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-1567, as amended by L. 1982, ch. 144, section 5.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-174

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-174 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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The common law doctrine of incompatibility of offices precludes one person from simultaneously holding the offices of city manager and city treasurer in a city of the second class having a commission-manager form of government. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-1001, 12-1011, 12-1014, 12-1024.

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-216

Attorney General Opinion No. 1982-216 PDF Author: Robert T. Stephan
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The common law doctrine of incompatibility of offices precludes one person from simultaneously holding the offices of city councilman in a city of the third class and a township officer in the township which contains such city. Attorney General Opinion No. 75-50 is withdrawn. Cited herein: K.S.A. 15-104, 25-1606, 80-1502, L. 1982, ch. 63.