Attorney General's Opinion Letter No. 111-2007
Topics:
Ballots.
Initiative and Referendum.
Referendum.
Summary conclusion
Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo, concerning a proposed constitutional amendment passed by the Missouri General Assembly (House Joint Resolution No. 7) relating to English as the official state language.
Contents of letter
June 25, 2007
Honorable Susan Montee
Missouri State Auditor
State Capitol, Room 224
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Dear Auditor Montee:
This office received your letter of June 20, 2007, submitting a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared under Section 116.175, RSMo, for House Joint Resolution No. 7, a constitutional amendment relating to English as the official state language. The fiscal note summary that you submitted is as follows:
It is estimated this proposal will have no costs or savings to state or local governmental entities.
Under Section 116.175, we approve the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary. Because our review of the fiscal note summary is mandated by statute, no action that we take with respect to such review should be construed as an endorsement of the resolution or as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its proponents.
Very truly yours,
JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON
Attorney General