Opinion No. (1979)

Dear Honorable Graves,

The Attorney General is in receipt of your request for an opinion wherein you ask, in effect, whether House Bill 1027, Laws 1979, Chapter 180, Page 456 Thirty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, 1979; cited as the "Oklahoma Campaign Finance Act", and to be codified as 26 O.S. 18-101 — 26 O.S. 18-113 (1979) is constitutionally valid. Your request recites the following constitutional considerations:

"1. Citing the Oklahoma Constitution, Article V,Section 55 . . .

"a. Since the bill House Bill 1027 provides for the payment of funds out of the public treasury and is…