Search AG Opinions & Decisions
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-133
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;James M. Herrick,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Finance and Administration Cabinet procedurally violated Open Records Act by its untimely response, and substantively violated the Act to the …
The Courier-Journal — Finance and Administration Cabine
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-134
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Request for inspection of a letter rescinding a resignation is moot, pursuant to 40 KAR 1:030 Section 6, because the Taylorsville--Spencer County …
Lawrence Trageser — Taylorsville – Spencer County Fire District
Open Meetings Decision —
19-OMD-135
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Gordon Slone,Assistant Attorney General Summary : City of Crittenden did not violate the Open Meetings Act by requiring citizen to identify himself in order to address City Council meeting. Mayor's …
Norman Case — City of Crittenden
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-136
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Gordon Slone,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Decision adopting 98-ORD-6 and holding that because Jefferson Circuit Court Clerk is not bound by the provisions of the Open Records Act, the Clerk …
Gerry Lawson — Jefferson Circuit Court Clerk
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-137
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Gordon Slone,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Finance and Administration Cabinet properly withheld records of meetings of the Technology Advisory Council as preliminary, except those portions of …
The Courier-Journal — Finance and Administration Cabinet
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-138
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : The Radcliff Police Department ("RPD") initially failed to provide any explanation for the nonexistence of responsive records as required by the …
Joshua Powell — Radcliff Police Department
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-139
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;James M. Herrick,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Green River Correctional Complex initially violated the Open Records Act by failing to make an adequate search for records or to explain its …
Leonel Martinez — Green River Correctional Complex
Opinion —
OAG 19-011
Request By: Zachary D. Brien, Benton City Attorney Opinion Opinion By: ANDY BESHEAR,ATTORNEY GENERAL;Taylor Payne,Assistant Attorney General Opinion of the Attorney General Zachary D. Brien, City Attorney, City of Benton, Kentucky, requests an …
Opinion —
OAG 19-007
Request By: Melissa Fannin Phelps, Martin County Attorney Opinion Opinion By: ANDY BESHEAR,ATTORNEY GENERAL;Sarah Ellen Eads Adkins,Assistant Attorney General Opinion of the Attorney General Melissa Fannin Phelps, Martin County Attorney, has …
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-140
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Attorney General,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex properly relied on KRS 197.025(1) in withholding documentation relating to security threat group status. …
Richard Cross — Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-141
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Gordon Slone,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Radcliff Police Department violated the Open Records Act by failing to affirmatively deny the existence of requested records. Police Department …
Joshua Powell — Radcliff Police Department
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-142
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Garrard County Search and Rescue Team ("GCSR") and its executive committee members are a "Public Agency," pursuant to KRS 61.870(1)(f) and (i), …
Timothy Scott — Steve Goddard
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-145
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Green River Correctional Complex cannot produce nonexistent handwritten report for copying, but violated KRS 61.880(1) in failing to conduct a …
Leonel Martinez — Green River Correctional Complex
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-144
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Luther Luckett Correctional Complex (LLCC) properly relied on KRS 439.510, incorporated into the Open Records Act by KRS 61.878(1)(l), in denying …
Timothy Nolan — Luther Luckett Correctional Complex
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-143
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Sarah Ellen Eads Adkins,Assistant Attorney General Summary : The Louisville Metro Department of Corrections appropriately denied the inmate's request per KRS 197.025(2) because he requested records …
Bobby Brock — Louisville Metro Department of Corrections
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-146
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;James M. Herrick,Assistant Attorney General Summary : City of Williamstown improperly invoked KRS 61.878(1)(c) for a water rate study it commissioned from Kentucky Rural Water Association. City …
Grant County News — City of Williamstown
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-147
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Michelle D. Harrison,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Hardin County 911 initially violated KRS 61.880(1) in failing to explain how KRS 61.878(1)(a) applied on the facts presented, but ultimately …
Trey Crumbie — Hardin County 911
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-149
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Michelle D. Harrison,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Northpoint Training Center properly relied upon KRS 197.025(1) and 197.025(2), both of which are incorporated into the Open Records Act by …
Jason Lindbloom — Northpoint Training Center
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-154
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;J. Marcus Jones,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Kentucky State Reformatory ("KSR") initially violated KRS 61.880(1) by failing to confirm or deny whether responsive records existed because it …
Uriah Pasha — Kentucky State Reformatory
Open Records Decision —
19-ORD-155
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;Michelle D. Harrison,Assistant Attorney General Summary : Inmate requester initiated his appeal prematurely under KRS 197.025(7) by filing it on the fifth working day following receipt of the request …
Uriah M. Pasha — Kentucky State Penitentiary
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The Sunshine Law Library is not exhaustive and may contain errors from source documents or the import process. Nothing on this website should be taken as legal advice. It is always best to consult with primary sources and appropriate counsel before taking any action.