Kansas Attorney General Opinions
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Can a Kansas county put mental health and EMS funding on the ballot as a 'renewal' of an existing public-safety sales tax?
No, according to the Attorney General. Johnson County's ballot resolution exceeded the Board of County Commissioners' authority under K.S.A. 12-187(b)(21) because that statute only lets the county fun…
If a Kansas county cites the wrong sales tax statute in a resolution, does that void voter-approved funding for the county hospital?
No. The Attorney General concluded that Morton County's citation to the wrong statutory subsection (K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 12-187(b)(1) instead of (b)(5)) in its 2015 hospital sales tax resolution was a cl…
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Attorney general opinions in Kansas are written by the Kansas Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.