LRB-3241/1
SRM:kjf:ph
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
April 20, 2010 - Introduced by Representative Friske. Referred to Committee on
State Affairs and Homeland Security.
AJR129,1,4
1To consolidate and renumber section 23a of article IV;
to amend section 10 (1)
2(c) of article V; and
to create section 23a (2) of article IV of the constitution;
3relating to: partial vetoes by the governor and the county chief executive
4officer.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
The constitution prohibits the governor, when approving an appropriation bill
in part, from creating a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the
enrolled bill, and from creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more
sentences of the enrolled bill. The constitution does not restrict the county chief
executive officer, when approving an appropriation in part, from creating a new word
by rejecting individual letters in the words of the resolution or ordinance, nor does
it prohibit creating a new sentence by combining parts of one or more sentences of
a resolution or ordinance.
This constitutional amendment prohibits the county chief executive officer
from creating a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the resolution
or ordinance and from creating a new sentence by combining parts of one or more
sentences of the resolution or ordinance. This amendment also prohibits the
governor from creating a new sentence by combining parts of one or more sentences
of an enrolled bill.
A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive
legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
AJR129,2,1
1Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:
AJR129, s. 1
2Section
1. Section 23a of article IV of the constitution is renumbered section
323a (1) of article IV.
AJR129, s. 2
4Section
2. Section 23a (2) of article IV of the constitution is created to read:
AJR129,2,85
[Article IV] Section 23a (2) In approving an appropriation in part under sub.
6(1), the chief executive officer may not create a new word by rejecting individual
7letters in the words of the resolution or ordinance and may not create a new sentence
8by combining parts of one or more sentences of the resolution or ordinance.
AJR129, s. 3
9Section
3. Section 10 (1) (c) of article V of the constitution is amended to read:
AJR129,2,1310
[Article V] Section 10 (1) (c) In approving an appropriation bill in part, the
11governor may not create a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of
12the enrolled bill, and may not create a new sentence by combining parts of
2 one or
13more sentences of the enrolled bill.
AJR129, s. 4
14Section
4. Numbering of new provision. The new subsection (2) of section
1523a of article IV of the constitution created in this joint resolution shall be designated
16by the next higher open whole subsection number in that section in that article if,
17before the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint
18resolution, any other ratified amendment has created a subsection (2) of section 23a
19of article IV of the constitution of this state. If one or more joint resolutions create
20a subsection (2) of section 23a of article IV simultaneously with the ratification by
21the people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, the subsections
22created shall be numbered and placed in a sequence so that the subsections created
23by the joint resolution having the lowest enrolled joint resolution number have the
1numbers designated in that joint resolution and the subsections created by the other
2joint resolutions have numbers that are in the same ascending order as are the
3numbers of the enrolled joint resolutions creating the subsections.
AJR129,3,6
4Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the
5legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3
6months previous to the time of holding such election.
