SJ0002 - Governor's partial veto authority.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0183

 

 

 

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:

 8 

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

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18         Section 2.  The Secretary of State shall endorse the
19  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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