Opinion No. Oag 41-79, (1979)

FRED A. RISSER, Chairman Senate Committee on Organization

The Senate Organization Committee has requested my opinion on the following question:

Is the tie breaking vote cast by Lieutenant Governor Russell Olson on the date of February 27, 1979, on the question of indefinite postponement of 1979 Senate Bill 5, as shown on page 183 of the Senate Journal, in violation of Articles IV and V of the Wisconsin Constitution in that, at the time the vote was cast, Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus was out of the State?

Presumably, your question makes reference to the following provisions of the Wisconsin…