Legal Opinion
In Re Initiative Petition No. 332
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 27, 1989No. 66769PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice:
By previous order of the Court, Initiative Petition No. 332, State Question No. 598, was held violative of art. 4, section 1 and art. 5, section 55 of the Oklahoma Constitution. Those portions repugnant to the Constitution were held to be such an integral part of the whole Question that they could not be severed from the remainder and the petition was therefore stricken in the entirety.
The proposed question was held to be an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority in violation of art. 4, § 1, as it placed policy making and appropriation functions with the executive…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Sand Springs v. Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Edwards v. ChildersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Menefee, State Treas. v. AskewSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Moran v. State Ex Rel. DerryberrySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
- Wells v. ChildersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1945
3Cited by13 opinions
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