ROMER v. COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

No. 92SA118.

840 P.2d 1081 (1992)

Roy ROMER, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY; and the Committee on Legal Services, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Robert A. Gatter, Jr., L. Richard Freese, Jr., Andrew M. Low, and Office of the Governor of the State of Colo., Cole Finegan and Margaret E. Porfido, Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

Welborn Dufford Brown & Tooley, P.C., Gregory A. Ruegsegger, Scott J. Mikulecky and David W. Furgason, Denver, for defendants-appellees.


Chief Justice ROVIRA delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The Governor of the State of Colorado appeals a trial court ruling that his vetoes of six bills passed during the 1991 regular legislative session were invalid.1 Article IV, section 11, of the Colorado Constitution provides, in part, that for bills passed within ten days prior to the legislature's adjournment the Governor has thirty days after adjournment to file the bills, with...

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