Attorney General's Opinion Letter 69-2002
Topics:
Joint resolutions.
Summary conclusion
Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo, concerning the proposed constitutional amendment passed by the General Assembly (House Joint Resolution No. 11).
Contents of letter
January 18, 2002
Honorable Claire C. McCaskill
Missouri State Auditor
224 State Capitol Building
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Dear Auditor McCaskill:
By letter dated January 9, 2002, you have submitted a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo, concerning the proposed constitutional amendment passed by the General Assembly (House Joint Resolution No. 11). In that letter you state that you are withdrawing the fiscal note summary submitted on August 9, 2001, and issued on August 10, 2001. The fiscal note summary which you submitted is as follows:
The estimated fiscal impact of this proposed measure to state and local governments is $0.
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