Opinion Letter No. 103-2008

Topics:

INITIATIVE PETITION.
INITIATIVES.

Summary conclusion

Review and approval of a fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo 2000, regarding an initiative petition to amend the Revised Statutes of Missouri by adding a new act to be known as the Quality Home Care Act.

February 15, 2008

Honorable Susan Montee
Missouri State Auditor
State Capitol, Room 121
Jefferson City, MO 65101

Dear Auditor Montee:

 This office received your letter of February 6, 2008, submitting a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared under Section 116.175, RSMo, for an initiative petition submitted by Alphonso Mayfield regarding The Quality Home Care Act. The fiscal note summary that you submitted is as follows:

The exact cost of this proposal to state governmental entities is unknown, but is estimated to exceed $510,560 annually. Additional costs for training are possible. Matching federal funds, if available, could reduce state costs. It is estimated there would be no costs or savings to 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,

JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON
Attorney General