In Re Opinion of the Supreme Court Relative to the Constitutionality of Chapter 239, Session Laws of 1977

Although I agree with the answer given by my colleagues with respect to the ques*447tions raised in the request for an advisory-opinion, I would respectfully have declined to render the requested opinion.

■ The questions of law set forth in the request are, of course, important; indeed, we hold that the Act in question is unconstitutional, at least in part. The questions of law regarding the exercise of the Governor’s executive authority, however, are not such as would warrant us in answering the request. Section 1 of the Act, Chapter 239, Laws of 1977, provides that the members of the South…