Opinion No. (2007)

Dear Auditor Montee:

This office received your letter of June 20, 2007, submitting a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared under Section 116.175, RSMo, for House Joint Resolution No. 7, a constitutional amendment relating to English as the official state language. The fiscal note summary that you submitted is as follows:

It is estimated this proposal will have no costs or savings to state or 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 resolution or as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its proponents.

Very truly yours, _______________________ JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON Attorney General