Review and approval of a summary statement prepared for the initiative petition submitted by Bradley Ketcher regarding a proposed amendment to Article III of the Missouri Constitution, version 34 (2016-156).

CHRIS KOSTER A TTORN11;Y GENERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MiSSO URI JEFFERSON C I TY 65102 January 19, 2016 P.O.Box899 (1573) 7151·3321 OPINION LETTER NO. 36-2016 The Honorable Jason Kander Missouri Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center 600 West Main Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 Dear Secretary Kander: This opinion letter responds to your request dated January 7, 2016, for our review under § 116.334, RSMo, of a proposed summary statement prepared for the petition submitted by Bradley Ketcher regarding a proposed constitutional amendment to amend Article III of the Missouri Constitution, version 34 (2016-156). The proposed summary statement is as follows: Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to: • change process and criteria for redrawing state legislative districts during reapportionment; • establish limits on campaign contributions that candidates for state legislature can accept from individuals or entities; • establish a limit on gifts that state legislators, and their employees, can accept from lobbyists; • prohibit state legislators, and their employees, from serving as paid lobbyists for a period of time; www.ago.mo.gov OP-2016-0027 The Honorable Jason Kander Page 2 • prohibit political fundraising on general assembly property; • require legislative records and proceedings to be open to the public; and • prohibit sexual harassment by state legislators and their employees? Pursuant to§ 116.334, RSMo, we approve the legal content and form of the proposed statement. Because our review of the statement is mandated by statute, no action that we take with respect to such review should be construed as an endorsement of the petition, nor as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its proponents. i!i.~'Zt.:~-- CHRIS KOSTER Attorney General OP-2016-0027