Missouri Advisory Opinions September 30, 2021: 125-2021

Advisory Opinion Text

The Honorable Nicole Galloway

Missouri State Auditor

State Capitol, Room 121

Jefferson City, MO 65101

Dear Auditor Galloway:

This office received your letter of September 20, 2021, submitting a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared under § 116.175, RSMo, for an initiative petition submitted by David Roland, 22-061. The fiscal note summary that you submitted is as follows:

State and local governmental entities estimate no savings, one-time costs of $2.2 million to at least $4.6 million, and ongoing costs of at least $90,000 each primary election, $110,000 each general election, $75,000 each local government vacancy election, and $60,000 for all other elections.

Under § 116.175.4, RSMo, 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 initiative petition or as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its proponents. Furthermore, our review under § 116.175.4 does not examine the fairness or sufficiency of the estimated fiscal impact.

Very truly yours,

ERIC S. SCHMITT Attorney General