Legal Opinion
Attorney General Opinion No.
Kansas Attorney General Reports
Decided February 21, 1995Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Ben Vidricksen State Senator, Twenty-Fourth District Room 143-N, Capitol Building Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Vidricksen:
As senator for the twenty-fourth district, you request our opinion regarding whether the state legislature has the authority to validate a question submitted election the results of which authorized the levying of a countywide retailers' sales tax, the proceeds to be used to fund construction of a county jail.
Quoting earlier case law, the Kansas Supreme Court noted in Leekv. Theis, 217 Kan. 784 (1975), the distinction between the powers of congress and of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Leek v. TheisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1975
- State ex rel. Jackson v. PauleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1910
- Water District No. 1 v. RobbSupreme Court of Kansas · 1957
- Von Ruden v. MillerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1982
- Ullrich v. Board of Thomas County Comm'rsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1984
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