15.020 Chief law officer and adviser -- Duty to attend to litigation, write opinions,
draft writings -- Communication with Legislative Research Commission -- <br>When to appear for Commonwealth.
The Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and all <br>of its departments, commissions, agencies, and political subdivisions, and the legal <br>adviser of all state officers, departments, commissions, and agencies, and when requested <br>in writing shall furnish to them his written opinion touching any of their official duties, <br>and shall prepare proper drafts of all instruments of writing required for public use, and <br>shall exercise all common law duties and authority pertaining to the office of the Attorney <br>General under the common law, except when modified by statutory enactment. He shall <br>communicate with the Legislative Research Commission as required by KRS 418.075. <br>Except as otherwise provided in KRS 48.005(8) and 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 483, sec. 8, he <br>shall appear for the Commonwealth in all cases in the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals <br>wherein the Commonwealth is interested, and shall also commence all actions or enter his <br>appearance in all cases, hearings, and proceedings in and before all other courts, tribunals, <br>or commissions in or out of the state, and attend to all litigation and legal business in or <br>out of the state required of him by law, or in which the Commonwealth has an interest, <br>and any litigation or legal business that any state officer, department, commission, or <br>agency may have in connection with, or growing out of, his or its official duties, except <br>where it is made the duty of the Commonwealth's attorney or county attorney to represent <br>the Commonwealth. When any attorney is employed for any said agency, the same shall <br>have the approval of such agency before such employment. If any funds of any kind or <br>nature whatsoever are recovered by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, in any action, <br>including an ex rel. action where the Attorney General has entered an appearance or is a <br>party according to statutory or common law authority, those funds shall be handled under <br>KRS 48.005.
Effective: April 21, 2000 <br>History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 483, sec. 2, effective April 21, 2000. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 202, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 62, sec. 7. -- Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 7, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 106, sec. 4. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, <br>1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 112-1, 112-5, 2711a-159.
15.020 Chief law officer and adviser -- Duty to attend to litigation, write opinions,
draft writings -- Communication with Legislative Research Commission -- <br>When to appear for Commonwealth.
The Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and all <br>of its departments, commissions, agencies, and political subdivisions, and the legal <br>adviser of all state officers, departments, commissions, and agencies, and when requested <br>in writing shall furnish to them his written opinion touching any of their official duties, <br>and shall prepare proper drafts of all instruments of writing required for public use, and <br>shall exercise all common law duties and authority pertaining to the office of the Attorney <br>General under the common law, except when modified by statutory enactment. He shall <br>communicate with the Legislative Research Commission as required by KRS 418.075. <br>Except as otherwise provided in KRS 48.005(8) and 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 483, sec. 8, he <br>shall appear for the Commonwealth in all cases in the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals <br>wherein the Commonwealth is interested, and shall also commence all actions or enter his <br>appearance in all cases, hearings, and proceedings in and before all other courts, tribunals, <br>or commissions in or out of the state, and attend to all litigation and legal business in or <br>out of the state required of him by law, or in which the Commonwealth has an interest, <br>and any litigation or legal business that any state officer, department, commission, or <br>agency may have in connection with, or growing out of, his or its official duties, except <br>where it is made the duty of the Commonwealth's attorney or county attorney to represent <br>the Commonwealth. When any attorney is employed for any said agency, the same shall <br>have the approval of such agency before such employment. If any funds of any kind or <br>nature whatsoever are recovered by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, in any action, <br>including an ex rel. action where the Attorney General has entered an appearance or is a <br>party according to statutory or common law authority, those funds shall be handled under <br>KRS 48.005.
Effective: April 21, 2000 <br>History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 483, sec. 2, effective April 21, 2000. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 202, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 62, sec. 7. -- Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 7, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 106, sec. 4. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, <br>1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 112-1, 112-5, 2711a-159.
15.020 Chief law officer and adviser -- Duty to attend to litigation, write opinions,
draft writings -- Communication with Legislative Research Commission -- <br>When to appear for Commonwealth.
The Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and all <br>of its departments, commissions, agencies, and political subdivisions, and the legal <br>adviser of all state officers, departments, commissions, and agencies, and when requested <br>in writing shall furnish to them his written opinion touching any of their official duties, <br>and shall prepare proper drafts of all instruments of writing required for public use, and <br>shall exercise all common law duties and authority pertaining to the office of the Attorney <br>General under the common law, except when modified by statutory enactment. He shall <br>communicate with the Legislative Research Commission as required by KRS 418.075. <br>Except as otherwise provided in KRS 48.005(8) and 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 483, sec. 8, he <br>shall appear for the Commonwealth in all cases in the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals <br>wherein the Commonwealth is interested, and shall also commence all actions or enter his <br>appearance in all cases, hearings, and proceedings in and before all other courts, tribunals, <br>or commissions in or out of the state, and attend to all litigation and legal business in or <br>out of the state required of him by law, or in which the Commonwealth has an interest, <br>and any litigation or legal business that any state officer, department, commission, or <br>agency may have in connection with, or growing out of, his or its official duties, except <br>where it is made the duty of the Commonwealth's attorney or county attorney to represent <br>the Commonwealth. When any attorney is employed for any said agency, the same shall <br>have the approval of such agency before such employment. If any funds of any kind or <br>nature whatsoever are recovered by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, in any action, <br>including an ex rel. action where the Attorney General has entered an appearance or is a <br>party according to statutory or common law authority, those funds shall be handled under <br>KRS 48.005.
Effective: April 21, 2000 <br>History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 483, sec. 2, effective April 21, 2000. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 202, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 62, sec. 7. -- Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 7, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 106, sec. 4. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, <br>1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 112-1, 112-5, 2711a-159.
