Questions Propounded by the Governor in re Proposed Amendments to the Constitution and Initiative and Referendum Measures
This text of 50 Colo. 84 (Questions Propounded by the Governor in re Proposed Amendments to the Constitution and Initiative and Referendum Measures) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Colorado primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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The opinion of the court is in response to a communication and interrogatories from the governor:
The questions propounded to the court by the chief executive are the same as those heretofore submitted by the house of representatives, and which we answered In re House Resolution No. 10. As the purpose of the governor is thereby accomplished, father answer is unnecessary. Our jurisdiction, however, is not properly invoiced by this request. The governor, under our constitution, has a duty to perform with reference to' legislation, in that he may approve or veto an enacted bill. But the occasion for the exercise of this, function does not arise until after the bill has been passed by both houses of the general assembly. The bill in question, not having, as yet, passed either house, it would seem that the governor’s questions are premature.
We are constrained, therefore, respectfully to request that the interrogatories be withdrawn.
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