http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/ en-us Copyright Washburn University School of Law Opinions from the Kansas Attorney General hosted by Washburn University School of Law. martin.wisneski@washburn.edu martin.wisneski@washburn.edu Mon, 29 Apr 2013 9:37:00 -0500 Synopsis: Asset forfeiture funds may be used to pay for victim or witness relocation if the prosecutor determines the expenditure is for an additional law enforcement and prosecutorial purpose or the head law enforcement officer determines the expenditure is for a special, additional law enforcement purpose and the expenditure is not used to supplant normal expenditures. In addition, counties are not prohibited from agreeing to pay certain expenses for such victim or witness relocation so long the appropriate official in each county determines the expenditure meets the applicable statutory requirement. Cited herein: K.S.A. 60-4101; 60-4102; and K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 60-4117. Derek Schmidt Mon, 29 Apr 2013 9:37:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-010.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-010.pdf Synopsis: A boarding school is a child care facility for the purposes of K.S.A. 65-501 et seq. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-501; K.S.A. 65-501; K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-503; K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 65-503; K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-508; K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 65-508. Derek Schmidt Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:20:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-009.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-009.pdf Synopsis: For purposes of the Kansas Downtown Redevelopment Act, the "tax increment" includes all additional real property taxes attributable to the increase in value of the improved property, not just those additional taxes that would have been paid to the city. Cited herein: K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 12-17,121; 12-17,122; 12-17,123; 12-17,124; 12-17,125; 79-1439. Derek Schmidt Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:16:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-008.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-008.pdf Synopsis: An Indian tribe is not a political subdivision for the purposes of the Kansas Intrastate Mutual Aid Act. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-16,117; K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 48-948; 48-950. Derek Schmidt Tue, 5 Mar 2013 15:01:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-007.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-007.pdf Synopsis: K.S.A. 12-5040 does not require a local government to make coverage under its group health care benefits plan available to former employees who left employment with the local government for reasons other than retirement. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-5040 Derek Schmidt Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:10:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-006.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-006.pdf Synopsis: A board of county commissioners is not required to disclose to the public draft minutes of county commission meetings before such minutes are approved by vote of the commission unless such draft minutes are publicly cited or identified in an open meeting or in the agenda of an open meeting. Cited herein: K.S.A. 45-215; 45-216; K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 45-217; 45-221; K.S.A. 75-4317; K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 75-4318; 75-4319. Derek Schmidt Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:20:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-005.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-005.pdf Synopsis: K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 19-801b(a)(3) provides that a person who was convicted of any violation of federal or state laws or city ordinances relating to liquor is not eligible to serve as sheriff. A person who was convicted under K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 41-727(a) of possessing or consuming either an alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage when over 18 years of age but under 21 years of age is disqualified from serving as sheriff pursuant to K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 19-801b(a)(3). Cited herein: K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 19-801b; K.S.A. 41-101; K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 41-102; K.S.A. 41-311 (Weeks); K.S.A. 41-330; K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 41-727; 41-2701. Derek Schmidt Fri, 8 Feb 2013 1:10:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-004.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-004.pdf Synopsis: The authority of county elected officials to pay bonuses to their employees is subject to any county-wide pay plan adopted by the board of county commissioners. When a pay plan establishes specific salaries for county employees and is silent on the issue of bonuses, the pay plan should generally be read as prohibiting bonuses. || County elected officials whose salaries are set by the board of county commissioners may not pay themselves bonuses without the board's approval. Cited herein: K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 12-365; 19-101a; K.S.A. 19-302; 19-503; 19-805; 19-1202; 79-2934. Derek Schmidt Thu, 3 Jan 2013 8:50:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-003.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-003.pdf Synopsis: K.S.A. 12-1,115 authorizes a city to both levy a special assessment and file a civil action to collect the demolition costs from the property owner of an unsafe and dangerous structure. Furthermore, a city is not required to remit to the county any amount recovered in a lawsuit to recoup the moneys expended to remove or raze the unsafe or dangerous structure. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-1,115; K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 12-1755; and 79-2015. Derek Schmidt Wed, 2 Jan 2013 15:15:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-002.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-002.pdf Synopsis: K.S.A. 59-2953(a) authorizes a law enforcement officer to take a person into custody without a warrant and to transport such person to a treatment facility for a mental evaluation if the officer forms a reasonable belief based upon an investigation that the person is a mentally ill person and such person's mental illness is likely to cause harm to self or others if allowed to remain at liberty. Although the definition of a "treatment facility" in K.S.A. 59-2946(n) creates an ambiguity regarding the location for performing the mental evaluation, the legislative intent is that the physician or psychologist performing the evaluation determines the location to conduct the mental evaluation based upon the welfare of the detained person; however, such location may not include a non-medical facility used to detain persons charged with or convicted of a crime such as a jail or a law enforcement patrol vehicle. Cited herein: K.S.A. 59-2945, 59-2946; 59-2953, 59-2958; 59-2960; 59-2961; 65-425; K.S.A. 1977 Supp. 65-4027 (Repealed); 65-4031 (Repealed); K.S.A. 75-704. Derek Schmidt Wed, 2 Jan 2013 15:15:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-001.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2013/2013-001.pdf Synopsis: A notice of a commercial real estate broker's lien is a "mortgage of real property" as that term is defined by the Mortgage Registration Act. A commercial real estate broker must pay the mortgage registration fee before filing such a notice with the county register of deeds. Cited herein: K.S.A. 58-30a01; 58-30a03; 58-30a04; 58-30a05; 58-30a08; 58-30a13; 79-3101; 79-3102. Derek Schmidt Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:45:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2012/2012-034.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2012/2012-034.pdf Synopsis: A fire district organized under K.S.A. 19-3601 et seq. may only divert money from its general fund levy to a special fire protection reserve fund "by resolution," as provided in K.S.A. 19-3612c. This resolution may, however, be adopted as part of the district's budget process. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-1,117; 19-119; 19-3601; 19-3612c; 79-2934. Derek Schmidt Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:45:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2012/2012-033.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2012/2012-033.pdf Synopsis: K.S.A. 74-4919a(1) authorizes an employee who is a member of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) to purchase the first-year of service credit by applying for such purchase and paying the amount determined by the employee's attained age and the actuarial assumptions and tables currently in use by KPERS if such employee has not retired and is employed by a participating employer. Cited herein: K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 74-4902; 74-4909; K.S.A. 74-4911; K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 74-4917; K.S.A. 74-4919a; 74-4919c; K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 74-4919g; 74-4919h; 74-4919j; 74-49,123; 26 U.S.C. § 415; 26 C.F.R. § 1.401-1. Derek Schmidt Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:45:00 -0500 http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2012/2012-032.pdf http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/opinions/2012/2012-032.pdf