114-2025: FAIR BALLOT LANGAUGE.HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI
ANDREW BAILEY
Supreme Court Building
207 W. High Street
P.O. Box 899
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-3321
Fax: (573) 751-0774
www.ago.mo.gov
June 27, 2025
OPINION LETTER NO. 114-2025
The Honorable Denny Hoskins
Missouri Secretary of State
James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center
600 West Main Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Dear Secretary Hoskins:
This opinion letter responds to your request dated June 18, 2025, for our review under
§ 116.025, RSMo, of a proposed fair ballot language for Senate Joint Resolution Nos.
23 & 3. The proposed fair ballot language statement is as follows:
A “yes” vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to require that all charter
counties, including Jackson County, elect a county assessor and that such
assessors comply with training requirements established by state law.
A “no” vote will not change the current constitutional provisions, which
exempt Jackson County from the requirement to elect its assessor and do not
require charter county assessors to follow training requirements under
general law.
If passed, this measure will have no impact on taxes.
Pursuant to § 116.025, RSMo, we approve the legal content and form of the
proposed fair ballot language statement.
Because our review of the fair ballot language statement is mandated by
statute, no action we take with respect to such review should be construed as an
endorsement of the initiative petition, nor as the expression of any view regarding
the objectives of its proponents.
Very truly yours,
ANDREW BAILEY
Attorney General
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