Washington State Motorcycle Dealers Ass'n v. State

*669Andersen, J.—

Facts of Case

The 62nd amendment to the Constitution of the State of Washington sets forth the veto power of the Governor. It provides that a governor "may not object to less than an entire section" of a nonappropriation bill. Const. art. 3, § 12 (amend. 62). We hold that the 62nd Amendment means what it says, and that the Governor's vetoes of less than entire sections of the Motorcycle Dealers' Franchise Act (a nonappropriation bill), enacted at the 1985 regular session, are void.

In 1985 the Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 3333, the Motorcycle Dealers'…