Legal Opinion

Attorney General Opinion No.

Kansas Attorney General Reports

Decided October 2, 2002Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Lana Gordon State Representative, 52nd District 5820 S.W. 27th Street Topeka, Kansas 66614

Dear Representative Gordon:

You request our opinion regarding the authority of the Governor to exercise his line-item veto power to veto subsection 141(l) of 2002 Senate Bill No. 517, as enrolled and presented to the Governor. Subsection 141(l) was intended to prohibit the expenditure of state money in fiscal year 2003 to reinforce the State Capitol building dome in preparation for placement of the Ad Astra sculpture atop the dome.

2002 Senate Bill No. 517 is one of only two appropriations…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Anderson v. FadelySupreme Court of Kansas · 1957
  2. State ex rel. Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. HenryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Rios v. SymingtonArizona Supreme Court · 1992
  4. State Ex Rel. Turner v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
  5. Communications Workers of America v. FlorioSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1992

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