RELATES TO:
KRS
15.020
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
15.020 requires the Attorney General to
furnish written opinions and
KRS
15.025 sets out the conditions for furnishing
opinions. This administrative regulation is to assure uniformity, clarity and
completeness in the request for the opinion so that the Attorney General may
perform this function with all the necessary information available at the time
the opinion is rendered.
Section 1. An
official opinion of the Attorney General is one rendered in writing pursuant to
the provisions of Chapter 15 and related sections of the Kentucky Revised
Statutes, or an administrative regulation promulgated pursuant thereto. Said
opinions will be kept on file in the office of the Attorney General in
accordance with the provisions of
KRS
15.070(2), and will be
subject to public inspection, publication and dissemination.
Section 2. In order that this office might
more expeditiously and correctly advise the various departments, boards,
commissions, agencies and local officials of the Commonwealth, who from time to
time submit questions for its consideration, all requests for opinions in the
future will be in writing and will include a full and complete statement of the
facts giving rise to the question, and reference to the relevant provisions of
the Kentucky Revised Statutes where known.
Section 3. Questions submitted by
departments, boards, agencies and commissions of the Commonwealth, having house
or contract counsel, will also submit references to the appropriate
constitutional and statutory provisions, cases and departmental administrative
regulations.
Section 4.
Commonwealth, county and city attorneys and city prosecutors will also cite the
appropriate constitutional and statutory provisions, case law and departmental
administrative regulations.
