Missouri AG Opinions — 1976

Opinion letter to the Honorable James C. Kirkpatrick

Opinion letter to Mr. Alfred C. Sikes

Opinion letter to the Honorable John T. Russell

Opinion letter to the Honorable Al Nilges

Opinion letter to the Honorable Bud Fendler

Section 23, Article IV, Constitution of Missouri, does not require that an appropriation must be stated as a specific dollar amount but only requires that the amount be capable of ascertainment; and, therefore, so-called "open-ended" appropriations, as illustrated by Sections 4.265 and 4.595 of House Bill No. 4, First Regular Session, General Assembly, and Section 6.050 of House Bill No. 6, First Regular Session, General Assembly, are valid. Furthermore, the practice of stating estimated amounts with "open-ended" appropriations, as illustrated by Section 4.265 of House Bill No. 4, First Regular Session, General Assembly, does not constitute maximum limitations which must be adhered to.

Opinion letter to the Honorable Richard M. Webster

Opinion letter to the Honorable Steve Gardner

Opinion letter to Mr. James R. Spradling

Article X, Section 11 of the Missouri Constitution does not authorize special school districts to levy taxes at the rates established therein absent legislation conferring upon special school districts that authority. Section 162.920, RSMo Supp. 1973, establishes twenty-five cents per one hundred dollars assessed valuation as the maximum tax levy that special school districts may assess without voter approval. That rate may be increased with voter approval in the manner provided in Chapter 164, RSMo.

Opinion letter to the Honorable James N. Foley

Opinion letter to the Honorable Michael L. Shortridge

Opinion letter to the Honorable Steve Vossmeyer

Opinion letter to the Honorable Norman L. Merrell

Opinion letter to the Honorable Steve Vossmeyer

Federal revenue sharing funds received by McDonald County may not be used to supplement the compensation of deputy county collectors.

Opinion letter to the Honorable Walter L. Meyer

Opinion letter to Mr. Lawrence L. Graham

Opinion letter to the Honorable Richard J. DeCoster

Opinion letter to The Honorable Bob F. Griffin

The Land Reutilization Authority of the City of St. Louis (Sections 92.700-92.920, V.A.M.S.) is an office within the "political subdivision" of the City of St. Louis, as the term is used in Section 29.230.2, RSMo, and, therefore, the State Auditor is authorized to include it within his audit of the City of St. Louis.

Opinion letter to the Honorable John W. , II

Opinion letter to the Honorable Bockenkamp

Opinion letter to the Honorable Emory Melton

Opinion letter to the Honorable Frank

Opinion letter to the Honorable Donald L. Manford

Opinion letter to the Honorable Robert S. Drake, Jr.

Opinion letter to the Honorable James F. McHenry

The Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974 authorizes the Director of Revenue to approve all salary increases for employees of the Missouri Highway Reciprocity Commission.

Opinion letter to the Honorable Christopher S. Bond

Opinion letter to the Honorable James C. Kirkpatrick

Opinion letter to the Honorable Paul L. Bradshaw

Opinion letter to the Honorable Ronald L. Boggs

Opinion letter to the Honorable Jim Arnold

Opinion letter to the Honorable Jerold L. Drake

Opinion letter to the Honorable Wesley A. Miller

Opinion letter to Mr. Alan C.

Opinion letter to Mr. John Brawley

The State Auditor is not authorized to audit the Kansas City Philharmonic Association.

Opinion letter to Mr. William J. Raftery

Opinion letter to the Honorable Clarence H. Heflin

Opinion letter to the Honorable Russell Goward

Opinion letter to Dr. Arthur L. Mallory

A city or county which holds a certificate of authority granted by the Missouri Air Conservation Commission pursuant to Section 203.140, RSMo Supp. 1973, may require that a permit or other approval be obtained from such city or county before a state agency may construct an air contaminant source within the boundaries of that city or county.

A county court has authority to employ secretarial, clerical, and administrative personnel, to establish a data processing department under its control, and to employ personnel to staff that department as may be indispensably necessary for the discharge of the duties of the county court in the management of county business in the absence of a statutory provision vesting the functions to be performed by such personnel in the county clerk or some other county officer.

Opinion letter to Mr. Warren M. Black

The State Treasurer is authorized to invest through repurchase agreements in United States obligations payable within one year those moneys not needed for current operating expenses and that are available for less than thirty days. The obligations must be kept by the State Treasurer in the manner provided in Section 30.270(2), V.A.M.S.

The Department of Public Safety has no authority to spend any of the moneys appropriated in Section 16.320, House Bill No. 16, Second Regular Session, General Assembly.