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2017 Certificates of Review Op. Idaho Att'y Gen. [1] (2017)

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                                    STATE   OF  IDAHO
                                OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
                                     LAWRENCE G. WASDEN

November   7, 2017


The Honorable  Lawerence  Denney
Idaho Secretary of State
Statehouse
VIA  HAND   DELIVERY

       RE:    Certificate of Review
              Proposed  Initiative to Add a New   Statute Requiring Idaho  Expand  Medicaid
              Eligibility

Dear Secretary of State Denney:

       An  initiative petition was filed with your office on October 18, 2017. Pursuant to Idaho
Code  § 34-1809,  this office has reviewed the petition and prepared  the following advisory
comments.  Given  the strict statutory timeframe within which this office must review the petition,
our review can only isolate areas of concern and cannot provide in-depth analysis of each issue
that may   present problems.    Further, under  the review  statute, the Attorney  General's
recommendations   are advisory only. The petitioners are free to accept them in whole or in
part. The opinions expressed  in this review are only those that may affect the legality of the
initiative. This office offers no opinion regarding the policy issues raised by the proposed
initiative, nor the potential revenue or expense impact to the state budget.

                                     BALLOT TITLE

       Following the filing of the proposed initiative, this office will prepare short and long ballot
titles. The ballot titles should impartially and succinctly state the purpose of the measure without
being argumentative and without creating prejudice for or against the measure. While our office
prepares titles for the initiative, petitioners may submit proposed titles for consideration. Any
proposed titles should be consistent with the standard set forth above.

                                   MATTER OF FORM

       The proposed  initiative is for the most part in proper legislative format, although there is a
small error in Section 2. It is not necessary to underline Section 's newly proposed Idaho Code
section because it is not amending an existing section of the Idaho Code. Section 2 has a minor
error in that it fails to show amendments to the existing statute by striking out deleted words and


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