SB 623 - This act creates procedures for challenges to fiscal notes and fiscal note summaries prepared for initiatives and referenda.

If the Attorney General or the circuit court of Cole County determine that a fiscal note or fiscal note summary has been incorrectly prepared, the note or summary shall be returned to the state auditor for revision. Such note or summary cannot be certified by the secretary of state until approved by the attorney general or the court.

Any citizen challenging the fiscal note of a proposed measure shall include in the petition the reasons why such fiscal note or fiscal note summary is insufficient or unfair. The petition shall request a different fiscal note or fiscal note summary. The court shall consider the petition, hear arguments and decide to either certify the fiscal note or fiscal note summary or remand it to the state auditor for preparation of a new fiscal note or fiscal note summary.
JIM ERTLE