Opinion Letter No. 199-2008
Topics:
INITIATIVES
INITIATIVE PETITION
Summary conclusion
Review and approval of the legal content and form of a fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo, for an initiative petition proposing an amendment to Article IV, Section 17 of the Missouri Constitution relating to term limits.
Contents of letter
December 31, 2008
Honorable Susan Montee
Missouri State Auditor
State Capitol, Room 121
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Dear Auditor Montee:
This office received your letter of December 22, 2008, submitting a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared under Section 116.175, RSMo, for an initiative petition submitted by Ed Martin. 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 petition or as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its proponents.
Very truly yours,
KAREN KING MITCHELL
Deputy Attorney General [Footnote 1]
Very truly yours,
JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON
Attorney General