Redmond v. Ray

McCORMICK, Justice.

We must here construe and apply la. Const. Art. Ill § 16 which provides the Governor’s veto power. Plaintiffs Redmond and Willits are state senators. They allege Senate File 7 (SF 7), passed by the Sixty-seventh General Assembly, became law at midnight on June 3,1977, because of defendant Governor Ray’s failure to act upon it within three days of its May 81, 1977, submission to him. The trial court entered a declaratory judgment that under Art. Ill, § 16 the Governor had three calendar days, Sunday excepted, from the date of submission within which to veto the bill. Because…