Attorney General Opinion No. 1981-170

Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1981-170 written by Robert T. Stephan and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An attorney is not precluded from holding the office of county counselor where the attorney's spouse owns the official county newspaper, however, a county counselor serving pursuant to county resolution and fulfilling the duties of K.S.A. 19-247 is a public officer who must file a written report of substantial interest as provided by K.S.A. 75-4301 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲. Such statement must include ownership interests of the officer's spouse as required by K.S.A. 75-4301 and K.S.A. 75-4304, prohibits an officer from participating in the making of any contract in which he or she has a substantial interest. However, normally, the county counselor will not participate in the designating of or contracting with, local newspapers to publish official county documents. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-1651, 12-1651a, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 19-101a, K.S.A. 19-101b, 19-103, 19-227, 19-247, 64-108, 75-4301, 75-4304, 75-4305.