Review and approval of the legal content and form of a fiscal note summary prepared for an initiative petition submitted by Winston Apple amending Chapter 128, Revised Statutes of Missouri (16-154).

CKRIS KOSTER A 1'TORNEY GENERAL A TTORNE Y GENERAL OF MissoURI J EFFERSO N CITY 65102 January 4, 2016 P.O.Boxat>t> (573) 7 01-:3.'321 OPINION LETTER NO. 1-2016 The Honorable Nicole Galloway Missouri State Auditor State Capitol, Room 121 Jefferson City, MO 65101 Dear Auditor Galloway: This office received your letter of December 22, 2015, submitting a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared under § 116.17 5, RSMo, for an initiative petition submitted by Winston Apple (16-154). The fiscal note summary that you submitted is as follows: State and local governments are likely to incur unknown additional election related costs. 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. ifi:~p~-- Attorney General OP-2015-0388 www.ago.mo.gov