Attorney General Opinion No.

William E. Kennedy III Riley County Attorney Carnegie Building, Second Floor 105 Courthouse Plaza Manhattan, Kansas 66502-0106

Dear Mr. Kennedy:

As attorney for Riley county, you request our opinion regarding the proper form of a question on a petition seeking to bring an issue before the electorate. Specifically, you ask whether the question set forth in the petition must include the phrase set forth in K.S.A. 25-620.

A petition seeking to bring an issue before the electorate must meet the requirements set forth in K.S.A. 25-3601 et seq. K.S.A.25-3602 states in part:

"(b) Each petition shall,…