Kentucky
Ag opinion
692 sections
692 sections
- 12-04Authority to administer performance-based contracts for HUD Section 8 rental subsidies
- 12-05Whether a city may annex individual properties or roads, and what procedures must be followed for annexation
- 12-06Effective date of certain legislation passed during the 2012 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly
- 12-07Effective date of certain legislation passed during the 2012 Extraordinary Session of the Kentucky General Assembly
- 12-08Whether a marina constitutes a nonpublic portion of a commercial building for administrative search purposes
- 12-09Whether a city may expend funds to maintain a waterway that is not within its boundaries
- 12-10Whether the Legislative Research Commission has the authority to correct a manifest clerical error in the reference numbers of a section of an Act
- 12-11How to determine what constitutes an underrepresented ethnic group in a school, and eligibility for minority council member on a school council
- 12-12Whether a tourism commission may expend transient room tax and restaurant tax revenues for a hotel, motel, or civic improvements
- 12-13Political activities of fire department members
- 12-14Whether a city may expend funds for surveys of private properties for federal flood plain reclassification purposes
- 12-15Whether a property owner may propose a zoning text amendment
- 13-01Whether a local option sales tax may be enacted without a constitutional amendment
- 13-02Whether a city may purchase the county assessment made by the property valuation administrator from a third party and use it as the basis for taxation without compensating the property valuation administrator pursuant to KRS 132.285
- 13-03Whether a city councilmember who did not take the oath of office on January 1 due to illness is disqualified from office
- 13-04Involvement of an area development district with an offend-er re-entry program and relationship of the district to local planning units
- 13-05Effective date of certain legislation passed during the 2013 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly
- 13-06Whether a local public agency may contract with a broker to procure insurance bids without competitive bidding
- 13-07Whether the Chairperson of the Kentucky Parole Board may unilaterally implement a rotating schedule of panel assign-ments for Parole Board members
- 13-08Whether a county detective employed by a county that does not contain a consolidated local government has arrest pow-ers
- 13-09Whether a board of education may use an opt-out policy for deducting membership dues
- 13-10Whether the practice of “dry needling” is within the scope of the practice of physical therapy
- 13-11How a city that operates its own electric utility may utilize surplus funds from that utility
- 13-12Whether the requirements of KRS Chapter 65A apply to utilities incorporated under the Little TVA Act
- 13-13Whether the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services may consider applications from convicted felons or individuals who have completed a felony diversion program
- 14-01Effective date of certain legislation passed during the 2014 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly
- 14-02Whether LaGrange City Ordinance Section 110.02 which imposes an occupational license fee on attorneys working in the city of LaGrange is a valid exercise of the city’s power
- 14-03Whether Kentucky Commission on Human Rights’ finding of no probable cause for a discriminatory housing claim pre-cludes a civil action on the claim
- 14-04Whether the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is required to promulgate its administrative regulations in ac-cordance with KRS Chapter 13A
- 14-05Whether the offices of school board member and library trustee are compatible
- 14-06Whether Kentucky’s laws in 1956 were sufficient to allow “grandfathering” of overweight divisible loads on highways under 23 USC §127
- 14-07Whether a local government may enact a right-to-work ordinance
- 15-01Whether a Metropolitan Sewer District may assent to a contract which requires a “supermajority” vote of the Board to reject the recommendation of a third-party arbitrator
- 15-02Whether a county can contract with a for-profit entity to provide an animal shelter or animal control officer
- 15-03May the school property and day care access restrictions in KRS 17.545(2) constitutionally be applied to sex offender registrants that committed their offenses prior to July 12, 2006?
- 15-04Whether a baccalaureate degree in engineering constitutes a first professional degree
- 15-05Whether internet sweepstakes cafes constitute illegal gambling
- 15-06Whether an applicant may be certified as a police officer if that applicant has a diploma from a private high school that is not certified by the Kentucky Department of Education, whether an agency may change its interpretation of regulations, and when...
- 15-07Whether a city can withdraw from a joint city-county tourism commission and assess a separate tax
- 15-08Effective date of certain legislation passed during the 2015 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly
- 15-09Whether a person may be elected or appointed to a state college or university board of regents or trustees if that person has a relative already employed by the college or university
- 15-10Whether a member of a state board is an employee for the purposes of the Kentucky Retirement Systems
- 15-11Whether KRS 150.081 imposes additional restrictions on political activity by employees of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
- 15-12Whether the juvenile sexual offender confidentiality privilege created by KRS 635.527 prohibits disclosure of newly-identified victims of sexual assault to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or limits the ability of licensed...
- 15-13Whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act preempts Kentucky requirements for service of garnishments of state employees and filing garnishments in accordance with Kentucky’s Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act
- 15-14Whether a landowner must remain in an Agricultural District for five years or can withdraw prior to the five year review without penalty
- 15-15Whether the University of Louisville Board of Trustees is in compliance with the minority representation requirement of KRS 164.821(5)
- 15-16Whether the use of anonymous tips received through a text-a-tip program by law enforcement agencies violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- 15-17Whether the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission may promulgate regulations allowing private racetracks to determine whether to hold furosemide-free races
- 15-18Whether a harm reduction and syringe exchange program may provide syringes regardless of whether the participant has syringes to exchange
- 15-19Whether a pass-through entity for federal grants may cap indirect cost rates for its subrecipients
- 15-20Whether credit service organizations are consistent with Kentucky statutes regulating consumer loan companies and loan brokers
- 15-21Whether a prosecutor or a law enforcement agency may obtain records of an individual through a “criminal investigative subpoena duces tecum” related to a matter that is not pending in court.
- 15-22Whether a board of education or school-based decision making council may regulate middle school students from playing on high school sports teams
- 16-01Whether a Governor has the power, under KRS 63.080, to remove a duly appointed member of the Kentucky Horse Park Commission during his or her set term, as fixed by KRS 148.060.
- 16-02Effective date of certain legislation passed during the 2016 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly
- 16-03Whether the use of digital imaging technology meets the quadrennial physical examination requirement set forth in KRS 132.690(1), or whether KRS 132.690(1) requires on-site inspections.
- 16-04Whether the Governor may remove a Kentucky Retirement Systems trustee at will prior to the expiration of the trustee’s appointed term, and whether a particular appointee to the KRS Board of Trustees is qualified for that appointment
- 16-05Whether a county must maintain a county road that only serves one or two landowners
- 16-06The interpretation of "full name" in the requirements for a deed in KRS 382.135(1), as amended by House Bill 422 (2016)
- 16-07Whether a voter is prohibited by law from taking a picture of oneself and their personal ballot inside the voting room, commonly known as a "ballot selfie."
- 16-08Whether a constable is a head of a governmental unit for the purposes of obtaining official license plates
- 16-09Whether a county jail may charge for housing city prisoners
- 16-10Whether a county may enact a local motor fuels tax
- 16-11Whether a public agency may expunge records under a court order consistent with the Open Records Act
- 16-12What procedures state licensing boards may use to establish state action antitrust immunity
- 16-13Who sets the commission rate paid to the county sheriff for collection of school taxes; whether the commission rate may be unilaterally changed by either the school board or the sheriff; whether the commission rate is negotiable
- 17-01Whether a public ambulance service may provide non-emergency transportation services, and whether those services may be funded in part by an ambulance service district tax.
- 17-02Who may remove members of the Board, pursuant to KRS 96.760(2), the Mayor or the City Council.
- 17-03Whether a proposed local ordinance that imposes a license tax to companies for the privilege of locating oil and gas wells would violate KRS 353.500(2), which states that the state government has responsibility for regulating all aspects....
- 17-04Whether the Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department may fund a chemical dependency program at the Campbell County Detention Center with revenue generated by a special ad valorem health tax.
- 17-05Whether a deputy sheriff must resign the position upon announcing candidacy for sheriff.
- 17-06The eligibility of a firefighter employed in a fire protection district where he does not live to serve as a member of the board of trustees and if such a firefighter may vote in the relevant election pursuant to KRS 75.031.
- 17-07Effective date of certain legislation passed during the 2017 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly.
- 17-08Whether an educator preparation program provider may award credit towards a student teaching requirement for student teaching or field experience hours if the student also received a financial incentive from a school district or an education cooperative.
- 17-09Whether the City of Frankfort may appropriate money to Frankfort Independent School District to create kiosks to access the internet, to upgrade technology to enable wireless internet at schools, and to purchase advertising space to promote the schools.
- 17-10Whether the Lincoln County Ambulance Board substantially complied with the notice provisions in levying a tax exceeding the compensating tax rate and may distribute the revenue from that tax, where the second notice was published five days before the….
- 17-11Whether the Scott County Fiscal Court may accept a street as a county road and deem such acceptance a correction of its prior denial, and whether the Court may accept any street that does not meet the minimum street standards as set forth by the county.
- 17-12Sam A. Francis Benevolent Trust
- 17-13Whether The Kentucky Manufactured Home, Mobile Home, and Recreational Vehicle Community Act of 2002, and the regulations adopted thereunder, gernerally pre-empt local regulation of mobile and/or manufacture home parks enacted under KRS Chapter 100.
- 17-14Whether the City of Burgin is required to have a city attorney, and if so, whether it must provide a line item in the budget for the city attorney’s compensation and what may be done if city council refuses to approve line item; what procedures must...
- 17-15Whether nutritionists may continue to provide nutrition counseling based on genetic assessments consistent with the enactment of laws regulating genetic counselors.
- 17-16Whether school system positions requiring a professional level of education are exempt from Social Security participation as participants in the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System
- 17-17Whether KRS 189.950(6) pertains to constables' privately owned vehicle, and whether KRS 189.920 applies to constables.
- 17-18Whether a Letcher County Ordinance enacting a business licensing tax upon businesses engaged in extracting non-renewable resources in Letcher County is lawful; whether a similar ordinance that was drafted to mirror the state severance tax would satisfy...
- 17-19Whether an unqualified city, or a county containing both a qualified and unqualified city, may enact and collect regulatory fees upon the gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages. Additionally, whether a city and county may form an interlocal..
- 17-20Whether a tax increase by a county fire protection district is subject to a recall vote or reconsideration.
- 17-21Whether Craft Academy and Gatton Academy are required to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and implement a free and appropriate public education for its students with disabilities.
- 17-22Whether a school board may extend health insurance benefits that are paid by the state to employees on unpaid maternity leave beyond the twelve (12) workweeks allowed by the Family and Medical Leave Act.
- 17-23Whether a mayor of an urban-county government can obligate county-owned property by consenting to registration of the property with the Kentucky Military Heritage Commission without first obtaining the authorization of the Urban County Council.
- 17-24Whether the City of Indian Hills’ City Code Chapter 5.20, which regulates estate sales and auctions within the City of Indian Hills, conflicts with KRS 330.200.
- 17-25Constables’ participation in the County Employees Retirement System.
- 17-26Whether the offices of August City Council and Bracken County Planning Commission are incompatible if Bracken County does not have zoning ordinances.
- 17-27Whether using churches as voting places creates excessive entanglement with religion.
- 17-28Whether cities of the home rule class may enact ordinances, setting term limits for the office of mayor.
- 17-29Whether a constable may authorize the use of official license plates on a personal vehicle.
- 17-30Whether a city may terminate water services for failure to pay for garbage services, and contract with another local public service provider to terminate water service for failure for failure to pay for garbage service.
- 17-31Whether proposed changes to the Cost of Living Adjustment formula in the proposed pension bill would violate the provisions of KRS 161.714, which establishes the "inviolable contract" between the Commonwealth and its public school teachers.
- 18-01Whether a person may simultaneously hold the offices of a trustee of a fire protection district board and a member of the fiscal court that are located in the same county.
- 18-02Whether the "consideration statement" requirement for deeds is enforceable.