Opinion No. (1985)

Dear Honorable Lawter,

The Attorney General has received your request for an official opinion asking, in effect:

1. May a Board of County Commissioners, on its own motion, submit to the voters of the county at any regular or special election a question regarding a subject or subject matter, such as so-called "right to work" legislation, which no current statute specifically authorizes to be put to county-wide popular vote?

2. Would your answer to the first question be the same if the voters of the county were only asked to approve or disapprove a "non-binding expression of sentiment" as to the…