Opinion No. Oag 94-77, (1977)

FRED A. RISSER, Chairman, Senate Organization Committee

The Senate Organization Committee has requested my opinion on the constitutionality of the action taken by Governor Schreiber in exercising the partial veto on Assembly Bill 664, which became ch. 107, Laws of 1977, relating to campaign financing.

Correspondence attached to the opinion request indicates that there are four grounds for challenging the constitutionality of the Governor's partial vetoes:

1. That the proposal was not an appropriation measure within the meaning of the constitution.

2. That the vetoes constituted affirmative…