Opinion No.

The Honorable Jay Bradford State Representative P.O. Box 8367 Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71611

Dear Representative Bradford:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the vote required in the General Assembly to amend Initiated Act 1 of 2000, also known as the "Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act." See A.C.A. §§ 19-12-101 to -118 (Supp. 2001). Specifically, you state that ". . . since the passage of Initiated Act 1 of 2000 . . . questions have arisen regarding the requisite vote of the General Assembly that is necessary to amend the Act. In accordance with Ark. Code Ann. 25-16-706, I am…