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2008 Kansas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2008)

handle is hein.sag/sagks0007 and id is 1 raw text is: January 11, 2008

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION NO. 2008-1
The Honorable Margaret E. Long
State Representative, 36th District
1801 N. 126th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66109
Re:
State Boards, Commissions and Authorities--State Lottery--Kansas Lottery Act; Kansas
Expanded Lottery Act; State and Local Officials Prohibited From Accepting
Complimentary Service from Person Submitting Proposal for Lottery Gaming Facility
Synopsis:
The phrase complimentary service in the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act includes
complimentary food and beverage. Cited herein: K.S.A. 41-206; 46-236; 46-237; 46-269;
46-271; 74-8716, as amended by L. 2007, Ch. 110, § 46; L. 2007, Ch. 110, § 31.
Dear Representative Long:
As State Representative for the 36th District, you ask our opinion on whether
attendance by a member of a city governing body at a dinner hosted by an entity
prior to its submission of an application for a lottery gaming facility violates
Section 31(d) of the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act (KELA).0) As a determination
of whether there is criminal liability) is a question of fact, we confine our opinion
only to whether complimentary service includes complimentary food and
beverage.
L. 2007, Ch. 110, § 31(d) states:
No state or local official shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly,
any comp/imentary service or discount from any person submitting
a proposal for a lottery gaming facility or racetrack gaming facility,

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