Hancock v. Secretary of State

The Missouri Secretary of State and the Committee for Legislative Research (the Committee) appeal from the judgment finding the fiscal note summary prepared by the Committee to be insufficient and unfair and substituting the court’s draft of the fiscal note summary to appear on the ballots of the general election as Proposition 7, November 8, 1994. The principal issue presented is whether the trial court erred in declaring the fiscal note summary prepared by the Committee as Proposition 7, commonly referred to as “Hancock II,” insufficient and unfair. § 116.190, RSMo Supp.1993. 1

The parties…