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COM. EX REL. ARMSTRONG v. COLLINS

709 S.W.2d 437 (1986)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, ex rel. David L. ARMSTRONG, Attorney General, Appellant, v. Martha Layne COLLINS, Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Lester M. Thompson, Secretary, Finance and Administration Cabinet, and Frances Jones Mills, Treasurer, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Chenoweth, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Bryan, Fogle & Chenoweth, K. Gail Leeco, Asst. Attys. Gen., Frankfort, for appellant.

J. Michael Noyes, Gen. Counsel, Office of the Governor, Frankfort, A. Wallace Grafton, Jr., Sheryl G. Snyder, Virginia H. Snell, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, for appellees; Lee Sisney, Charles Wickliffe, Finance and Admin. Cabinet, Frankfort, Henry Watson, III, Cynthiana, of counsel.

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The basic issue we address is to what extent, if any, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth may, in adopting a budget bill and based on the financial condition of the Commonwealth provide therein for the reduction, elimination and transfer of appropriated funds, and for all practical purposes, provide as a result thereof, that the effectiveness of certain existing statutes is temporarily modified.

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