CONST 0003-0010 ANNOTATIONS

Applicability of open meeting requirements, see §92-10.

Capital, see Art. XV, §2.

Holidays, see §§8-1 and 2.

Urgency measure. Matters foreign to urgency statement cannot be inserted in bill. Att. Gen. Op. 62-17.

Statement of urgency relating to pay raises for public officers and employees held sufficient. Att. Gen. Op. 62-19.

When national holiday falls on Saturday, the Saturday and the preceding Friday are considered holidays and are excluded in computing the number of days in a session. Att. Gen. Op. 64-1.

Bills to change fees payable to state agencies held to be revenue bills. Att. Gen. Op. 64-8.

Bills affecting the distribution of a portion of the general excise tax, consumption tax, compensating tax to the counties and thereby increasing the revenues to the State held to be revenue bills. Att. Gen. Op. 64-10.

No prohibition against the legislature passing an appropriation bill in which the proposed expenditures may exceed the anticipated state revenues. Att. Gen. Op. 64-16.

A special session may not run concurrently with a budget session; although it may run during a period of recess or adjournment. Att. Gen. Op. 64-17.

The proposal of the 1978 Constitutional Convention amending the fourth paragraph of the section to read as set forth above was validly ratified. 60 H. 324, 590 P.2d 543.