Hoover v. Board of County Commissioners

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The first issue posed by the instant cause is whether the validity of a statute may be challenged on the basis that the bill from which it orig- • mated was considered fewer than three times on three different days in each house of the legislature. We hold that where it can be proven that the bill in question was not considered the required three times, the consequent enactment is void and without legal effect.

Section 15(C), Article II of the Ohio Constitution provides in part:

“Every bill shall be considered by each house on three different days, unless two-thirds of the members elected to…