Opinion Letter No. 229-2000
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February 18, 2000
Honorable Claire C. McCaskill
Missouri State Auditor
224 State Capitol Building
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Dear Auditor McCaskill:
You have submitted to us a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo, concerning a proposed constitutional amendment regarding rail passenger service. The fiscal note summary that you submitted is as follows:
This proposal would reallocate approximately $116, 828,237 annually from revenues collected by the State of Missouri for transportation purposes towards Rail Passenger Service development and operations. The amount reallocated may increase or decrease in future years.
Pursuant to Section 116.175, we approve the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary. Since our review of the fiscal note summary is mandated by statute, no action we take with respect to such review should be construed as an endorsement of the petition or as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its proponents.
Sincerely,
JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON
Attorney General