Geveden v. Commonwealth

OPINION AND ORDER

KNOPF, Judge.

On April 13, 2004, the General Assembly adjourned its regular session without having enacted an omnibus appropriation for the Executive Branch of Kentucky’s government. Anticipating the Governor’s assertion of emergency spending powers, the Attorney General, on May 27, 2004, petitioned the Franklin Circuit Court for a declaration of rights establishing the limits of any such executive authority. Resolution of that petition is proceeding in the circuit court.

On June 28, 2004, the Governor promulgated Executive Order 2004-650, in which he declared a state of…