Attorney General of Missouri — Opinion
January 21, 2010
Topics:
Initiative Petition Initiatives
Summary conclusion:
Review and approval of a summary statement prepared for the initiative petition submitted by Bradley Ketcher (version 1) regarding a proposed amendment to Chapter 84, Revised Statutes of Missouri.
The Honorable Robin Carnahan Missouri Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center
600 West Main Street Jefferson City, MO 65101
CHRIS KOSTER, Attorney General
Dear Secretary Carnahan:
This opinion letter responds to your request dated January 14, 2010, for our review under § 116.334, RSMo, of a proposed summary statement prepared for the petition submitted by Bradley Ketcher (version 1) regarding a proposed amendment to Chapter 84, Revised Statutes of Missouri. The proposed summary statement is as follows:
Shall Missouri law be amended to allow any city not within a county, currently St. Louis City, the option to replace the current state control over that city’s municipal police force by passing an ordinance that establishes local control of the city’s municipal police force?
Pursuant to § 116.334, RSMo, we approve the legal content and form of the proposed statement. Because our review of the statement is mandated by statute, no action that we take with respect to such review should be construed as an endorsement of the petition, nor as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its proponents.
Very truly yours,
CHRIS KOSTER Attorney General
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