Jackson v. Sanford

Petitioner Darrick Jackson, Mayor of the Town of Timmonsville, brought this action seeking a declaratory judgment in the Court’s original jurisdiction that Governor Sanford’s veto of certain appropriations to the State Budget and Control Board was unconstitutional.1 Petitioner also challenged the Board’s use of certain budget provisos to transfer funds out of the Rural Infrastructure Bank Trust Fund in order to cover the loss of funding that resulted from the veto.2 We find the *583Governor’s veto unconstitutional and therefore do not reach Petitioner’s challenge to the Board’s use of the budget…