Dear Secretary Carnahan:
This opinion letter responds to your revised request dated May 6, 2011, for our review under § 116.334, RSMo, of a proposed summary statement prepared for the petition submitted by Anne Adams regarding a proposed constitutional amendment to amend Article III of the Missouri Constitution (version 1). The proposed summary statement is as follows:
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to prohibit the repeal or amendment by the General Assembly of a statute enacted by citizen initiative passed by the voters of Missouri, except by either a three-fourths vote of the members of each house or a vote of the people through a referendum or unless such statute explicitly provides that the general assembly may repeal or amend it by a majority vote of the members of each house?
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 *Page 2 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.
*Page 1Very truly yours,
_________________________ Chris Koster Attorney General