Opinion No. (1982)

REQUESTED BY: Senator John W. DeCamp Nebraska State Legislature State Capitol Lincoln, NE 68509

Dear Senator DeCamp:

This is in response to your inquiry concerning LB 335 presently before the Nebraska Legislature.

You first inquire `as to the constitutionality of the entire concept of making 1 1/2 million Nebraskans criminal because they suspect somebody may or may not be abusing an adult or neglecting an adult or a child and fail to immediately run to the police and report their suspicions.'

Section 2 of said bill requires any person who `has reasonable cause to suspect that a person 18 years of…