The combining of the operating budget, capital improvement budget, salary increase and revenue measure or any two of them in one bill violates this section. Att. Gen. Op. 65-7.

Bill may be entitled "Relating to Taxation." Att. Gen. Op. 65-14.

Cited in passing on effect of resolution. Att. Gen. Op. 68-6.

Discussed in holding section 7 of Act 202, Session Laws 1972, invalid because not germane to the subject of the act. Att. Gen. Op. 72-16.

Invalidity of part does not necessarily invalidate entire act. Att. Gen. Op. 72-16.

Purpose of section. Att. Gen. Op. 74-8.

Title does not contain more than one subject if all its details relate to same subject. Att. Gen. Op. 74-8.

If contents of bill are germane to original statute, reference in title to sections of statute to be amended is sufficient indication of subject of legislation. Att. Gen. Op. 74-8.

Violated by budget proviso concerning subject not expressed in title of budget act. Att. Gen. Op. 86-8.

For annotations relating to similar provisions of prior law, see notes to Organic Act, §45.

Provision pertaining to subject is to be liberally construed. 58 H. 25, 564 P.2d 135.

Purposes of one-subject requirement are to prevent logrolling legislation, to prevent surprise or fraud upon the legislature, to apprise the people. 58 H. 25, 564 P.2d 135.

Section is mandatory and a violation would render an enactment nugatory, but an enactment is presumptively constitutional. 58 H. 25, 564 P.2d 135.

Prohibition against legislation with more than one subject does not apply to constitutional amendments. 60 H. 324, 590 P.2d 543.

Cited: 48 H. 152, 160, 397 P.2d 593; 53 H. 327, 493 P.2d 306.