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MARTINEZ v. FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

No. 73601.

542 So.2d 358 (1989)

Bob MARTINEZ, Etc., Appellant, v. The FLORIDA LEGISLATURE, Etc., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Dunbar, Gen. Counsel, Office of the Governor, and Alan C. Sundberg, Cynthia S. Tunnicliff, Mary E. Haskins and W. Douglas Hall of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith and Cutler, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellant.

Kevin X. Crowley of Cobb, Cole & Bell, Gen. Counsel to Florida House of Representatives, Thomas Ross McSwain, Tallahassee, Deputy Gen. Counsel to The Florida Senate and co-counsel to the Florida Senate, Arthur J. England, Jr. and Linda A. Wells of Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block & England, Miami, Special Counsel to the Florida Legislature, and Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Louis F. Hubener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Appellate Branch and Mitchell D. Franks, Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, counsel to Jim Smith, Secretary of State, and Gerald Lewis, Comptroller, for appellees.

McDONALD, Justice.

The First District Court of Appeal has certified the trial court's final judgment in this cause as involving issues of great public importance which require immediate resolution. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(5) of the state constitution. At issue are Governor Martinez' vetoes of portions of specific appropriations. We find an improper exercise of the gubernatorial veto and affirm...

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