Opinion No. (1976)

REQUESTED BY: Dear Senator:

You have requested our opinion on the constitutionality of a proposed piece of legislation regulating the charges for legal advertising. The proposed legislation would amend section 33-141, R.R.S. 1943. Section 33-141, R.R.S. 1943, presently provides that the legal rate for publication of all legal notices is 24 cents a line for the first insertion and 20 cents a line for subsequent insertions. This present statute regulates all areas of the state with regard to publication of legal fees and is in direct line from a statute enacted in 1871 which provided "for…