Opinion No. Oag 76-79, (1979)

ANN HANEY, Secretary Department of Regulation Licensing

Your predecessor asked three questions. The first question is:

Is the Department of Regulation and Licensing permitted to prepare and sell to private parties mailing labels by causing a computer print out of the names and addresses of licensees in the various regulated groups?

The answer to this question is no.

Administrative agencies have only such powers as are expressly granted or necessarily implied, and any power sought to be exercised must be found within the four corners of the statute under which the agency proceeds. American Brass…