15 opinions issued in 2002.
Opinion No. 170-2002 — INITIATIVE PETITION.
Dec 20, 2002
Review and approval of legal content and form of a summary statement prepared pursuant to Section 116.334, RSMo 2000, regarding an initiative petition proposal to revise Chapter 640 by adding one new section, Section 640.887, Consumer Clean Energy Act.
Opinion No. 146-2002 — JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
Jun 26, 2002
Review and approval of legal content and form of a summary statement prepared pursuant to Section 116.160, RSMo 2000, regarding Senate Joint Resolution 24.
Opinion No. 140-2002 — INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.; REFERENDUM.
May 28, 2002
Review and approval of legal content and form of a summary statement prepared pursuant to Section 116.160, RSMo 2000, regarding a referendum to be held on Senate Bill Nos. 915, 710, and 907.
Opinion No. 39-2002 — DRAINAGE DISTRICTS.; LEVEE DISTRICTS.
May 22, 2002
An authorized representative of a corporation that owns property within a levee district may be elected to the board of supervisors as provided in Section 245.060. There is no provision that an authorized representative of a corporation that owns property in a drainage district may be elected to the board of supervisors of a drainage district under Section 242.150.
Opinion No. 65-2002 — CENSUS.; PRISONERS.
May 15, 2002
Inmates of state correctional institutions should be included in the population count of the political subdivision in which the institution exists as determined at the last previous decennial census of the United States.
Opinion No. 47-2002 — LOTTERY COMMISSION.; PARDONS.
May 15, 2002
A pardon removes an impediment to a lottery license caused solely by the fact of the conviction for which the pardon was granted, but the conduct that led to the conviction for which the pardon was granted may be considered in assessing other factors used in making licensing decisions.
Opinion No. 127-2002 — INITIATIVE PETITION.
Apr 8, 2002
Review and approval of legal content and form of a summary statement prepared pursuant to Section 116.334, RSMo 2000, regarding a proposed initiative petition relating to transportation (version 2).
Opinion No. 116-2002 — INITIATIVE PETITION.
Apr 4, 2002
Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo, concerning the initiative petition related to Motor-Fuel Transportation Fund taxes (version 2).
Opinion No. 119-2002 — INITIATIVE PETITION.
Mar 28, 2002
Review and approval of legal content and form of a summary statement prepared pursuant to Section 116.334, RSMo 2000, regarding a proposed tobacco tax initiative petition (version 2).
Opinion No. 107-2002 — INITIATIVE PETITION.
Mar 20, 2002
Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo, concerning the initiative petition related to tobacco taxes (version 6).
Opinion No. 105-2002 — INITIATIVE PETITION.
Mar 20, 2002
Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo, concerning the initiative petition related to tobacco taxes (version 4).
Opinion No. 77-2002 — INITIATIVE PETITION.
Feb 6, 2002
Review and approval under Section 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition relating to a proposal to amend the Missouri Constitution submitted by Chuck Portwood.
Opinion No. 75-2002 — INITIATIVE PETITION.
Feb 6, 2002
Review and approval under Section 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition relating to a proposal to revise the Missouri statutes submitted by the Missouri Campaign for New Drug Policies.
Opinion No. 63-2002 — CITY COUNCIL.; COUNTY AUDITOR.; INCOMPATIBILITY OF OFFICES.
Jan 23, 2002
A member of a city council may run for county auditor; however, an individual may not serve simultaneously as county auditor of a first class county and as a member of a city council within that county.
Opinion No. 69-2002 — JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
Jan 18, 2002
Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo, concerning the proposed constitutional amendment passed by the General Assembly (House Joint Resolution No. 11).