STATE EX REL. DIX v. CELESTE

No. 83-1408.

11 Ohio St. 3d 141 (1984)

THE STATE, EX REL. DIX, v. CELESTE, GOVERNOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gerald A. Donahue and Mr. John M. McElroy, for relator.

Mr. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, Ms. Kathleen McManus and Mr. Richard A. Green, for respondents.

Mr. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, Mr. Stanley J. Dobrowski and Mr. Simon B. Karas, urging denial for amicus curiae, Ohio Building Authority.

Boyd & Boyd Co., L.P.A., and Mr. Robert E. Boyd, Jr., urging allowance for amicus curiae, Lewis R. Trembly, Jr.


WILLIAM B. BROWN, J.

The general issue presented is whether Am. Sub. S.B. No. 227 was enacted in violation of Section 15(D), Article II of the Ohio Constitution which provides in part that "[n]o bill shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title * * *." For the reasons that follow, this court holds that Am. Sub. S.B. No. 227 is not unconstitutional; and relator's requests for writs of mandamus and prohibition are denied.

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