Review and approval of the legal content and form of a fiscal note summary prepared for an initiative petition submitted by Bradley Ketcher amending Article III of the Missouri Constitution, version 33 (16-155).

CHRIS KOSTER ATTOR NEY GENERAL ATTOR NEY GENERAL O F MISSOURI J E FFERSON GITY 65102 January 4, 2016 P .O.Box899 (157 :3) 7 151-:3:32 1 OPINION LETTER NO. 4-2016 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 23, 2015, submitting a fiscal note ·and fiscal note summary prepared under § 116.175, RSMo, for an initiative petition submitted by Bradley Ketcher, version 33 (16-155). The fiscal note summary that you submitted is as follows: State governmental entities estimate annual operating costs will increase at least $61,000, may increase an additional $125,000, and may result in minimal incarceration costs. Local governmental entities report no fiscal impact. 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. (!i:ly7 /.: ........ s~J Attorney General OP-2015-0400 www.ago.mo.gov