SJ0002 - Governor's partial veto authority.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0183.E1 ENGROSSED

 

 

 

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.  SJ0002

 

 

Governor's partial veto authority.

 

Sponsored by:   Management Council

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend Article 4, Section 9
 2  of the Wyoming Constitution to modify the partial veto
 3  authority of the governor.

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 5  BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
 6  two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting
 7  separately, concurring therein:

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 9         Section 1.  The following proposal to amend Wyoming
10  Constitution, Article 4, Section 9 is proposed for
11  submission to the electors of the State of Wyoming at the
12  next general election for approval or rejection to become
13  valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a
14  majority of the electors at the election:

15 

16         Article 4, Section 9.  Veto of items of
17  appropriations.

 

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 2  The governor shall have power to disapprove of any item or
 3  items or part or parts of any bill making appropriations of
 4  money or property embracing general appropriation bill
 5  enacted pursuant to Article 3, Section 34 of this
 6  Constitution, which embraces distinct items, and the item
 7  or items and part or parts of the bill approved shall be
 8  the law, and the item or items and part or parts
 9  disapproved shall be void unless enacted in the following
10  manner: If the legislature be in session he shall transmit
11  to the house in which the bill originated a copy of the
12  item or items or part or parts thereof disapproved,
13  together with his objections thereto, and the items or
14  parts objected to shall be separately reconsidered, and
15  each item or part shall then take the same course as is
16  prescribed for the passage of bills over the executive
17  veto.

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19         Section 2.  The Secretary of State shall endorse the
20  following statement on the proposed amendment:

 

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 2  This amendment would limit the governor's partial veto
 3  authority (line item veto authority) to apply only to
 4  general appropriations bills.

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 6                         (END)

 

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