Opinion No. (2006)

Dear Auditor McCaskill:

This office received your letter of March 6, 2006, submitting a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared under Section116.175, RSMo, for an initiative petition, submitted by Bruce Hillis (version 2), to adopt an amendment to Article I, Sections26 and 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, relating to eminent domain. The fiscal note summary that you submitted is as follows:

The total fiscal impact to state government is unknown, but estimated to exceed $100,000. The fiscal impact to local government is unknown.

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 petition or as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its proponents.

Very truly yours,

JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON Attorney General