Legal Opinion
Governor's Approval of Legislation
Pennsylvania Department of Justice
Decided October 2, 1974No. Official Opinion no. 74-50Published
1Opinion of the Court
PACKEL, Attorney General,
You have asked for our opinion regarding the computation of time within which the Governor must take action on a bill before it becomes law without his signature. Article IV, Sec. 15, of the Pennsylvania Constitution reads, in part:
“If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within ten days after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it.”
It is our opinion that the proper computation of the ten-day period provided for the Governor to act on bills presented to him is to exclude the day of presentation and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Putnam v. HolmSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Gibson v. Pittsburgh Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- Duddy v. Conshohocken Printing Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Croissant v. DeSoto Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1924
- Commonwealth v. KuhnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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