Opinion of the Justices

*445QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED BY THE GOVERNOR IN A COMMUNICATION DATED JULY 8, 1996

To the Honorable Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court:

This requests the advice of the Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court pursuant to Article VI, § 3 of the Maine Constitution on several important issues of law. I require your guidance on the questions listed below in order to determine whether to convene the Legislature in Special Session under Article V, Part 1, Section 13 of the Maine Constitution, and in order to assure that any legislation I submit to such a Special Session complies with…