Attorney General Opinion No.

Jeffrey O. Ellis, General Counsel

Lawrence Memorial Hospital

Building 82, Suite 1000

10851 Mastin Blvd.

Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Dear Mr. Ellis:

As general counsel for Lawrence Memorial Hospital (LMH), you inquire whether the hospital is subject to K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 12-1675, commonly referred to as the idle funds law.

The idle funds law requires identified governmental entities to invest in statutorily specified investments any moneys not immediately required for the purposes for which the moneys were collected or received.1 Additionally, the statute applies equally to:

"[A]ny other governmental…